Mother Quotes by Diane von Furstenberg

9 Mother quotes by Diane von Furstenberg

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Diane von Furstenberg’s nine brief reflections on motherhood blend style awareness with personal experience, offering a compact, chic take on the role.

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My best creation is my children.

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My mother never, ever told me about evilness. She only saw the beautiful things... she wanted to protect me from it.

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All women are strong. My mother survived Auschwitz, and fear wasn't an option when we were growing up. If we were afraid…

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My mother said that we're so lucky to be women. It's not that men are weak. Men are men. We're two completely…

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Eighteen months before I was born, my mother was in Auschwitz. She weighed 49 pounds. She always told me that God saved…

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When I was a little girl, if I didn't eat my soup, my mother would say, 'You have to think of all…

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I'm not the only one; most people's mothers are the most influential person in their life. But my mother survived the camps,…

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I am not allowed to be afraid. My mother made me like that. As a child, if I was afraid of the…

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I never modeled myself after anyone. The person who had most influence on me was my mother, but it was really for…

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Resisting a beautiful chocolate cake or a wonderful foie gras is as difficult as (the idea of) saying no to Paul Newman.

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The older you get, the more you should learn to love life and appreciate the beauty that comes with age.

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I didn't know what I wanted to do, but I always knew the woman I wanted to be.

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I have always been attracted to clothes designed by women. Coco Chanel, Vionnet, Norma Kamali, Donna Karan. They have a little more - how…

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It's more than just a dress; it's a spirit. The wrap dress was an interesting cultural phenomenon, and one that has lasted 30 years.…

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If you're short, don't wear extremely high heels. After a certain age, you shouldn't wear little girls' clothes. That's going against your nature.

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I used the aspects of being a woman to my advantage, but I worked for myself, not a big corporation, so I was lucky…

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I'm not the only one; most people's mothers are the most influential person in their life. But my mother survived the camps, and she…

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I'm not tired of who I am. That would be sad!

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You can learn a lot from my mistakes more than my success.

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I've always been inspired by women, and my mission was to inspire women. I always wanted to become a certain kind of woman, and…

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Animals come from nature. They were not designed. All my inspiration comes from nature, whether it's an animal or the layout of bark or…

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Fashion is mysterious, as a rule. Why are blue jeans a classic? You just hit on something that happens to be timeless and right.

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