Quotes from Donna Karan

I really feel that we need to scale back and get to what is important on so many levels.

Scheduling me is not easy, as most people know, because once I start, I don't stop.

I'm truly, truly boring! I don't change. If people know me, I have not changed.

I'm a nature bug.

Accent your positive and delete your negative.

I've always been about the power of a woman - accentuating the positive, deleting the negative, whether you're talking her body, her voice or her leadership.

Every woman has the power to seduce the world with her uniqueness, passion and creativity.

I feel at home most places I go, but my very top of the list are Bali, Italy, and London. Those are like second homes to me.

I believe in comfort. If you don't feel comfortable in your clothes, it's hard to think of anything else.

We've come a long way. Power dressing now is designed to let the woman inside us come through.

If it's a regular day, I won't wear any makeup, just leave my hair down and head out to the car.

I love building spaces: architecture, furniture, all of it, probably more than fashion. The development procedure is more tactile. It's about space and form and it's something you can share with other people.

Women should always take care of themselves first. It makes you more equipped to take care of others.

For me, the soul is connected to a higher being. It's not about religion; it's about connecting to your true self - your truth, the truth inside of you, the one you were born with.

Design is a constant challenge to balance comfort with luxe, the practical with the desirable.

You don't have that much choice in your life, which is one of the big lessons I've learned. I was going to be a designer whether I wanted to be a designer or not.

Everything in life... has to have balance.

My spiritual connection is about embracing everything around me. We're all the same. There are no boundaries . . .

Delete the negative accentuate the positive!

Design is a constant challenge to balance comfort with luxe, the practical with the desirable.

Accent your positive and delete your negative.

I love building spaces: architecture, furniture, all of it, probably more than fashion. The development procedure is more tactile. It's about space and form and it's something you can share with other people.

I'd rather promote New York than anything else in this world because New York to me means the world.

You don't have that much choice in your life, which is one of the big lessons I've learned. I was going to be a designer whether I wanted to be a designer or not. So there I was.