Quotes from Donna Karan

I wanted to create something that would live on forever, beyond my time, and out of that came Cashmere Mist.

When I see a non-yogi [benefit], that's when it really affects my life.

My biggest faux pas is not giving time for myself.

When I first started designing, all women were dressed like men, and I said, 'Hey, guys, let's be women, put the two together - it's not either/or. Let's celebrate our bodies. Our bodies are different.'

My mother was a working woman, and I was alone a lot. So I wanted to be a stay-at-home mom.

I spent two weeks at the Sadhguru's [Jaggi Vasudev]. It was a wonderful experience. It was very different from what I normally do - earlier I used to do Ashtanga [yoga] all the time.

Sometimes it takes a germ of an idea, which takes a long time to digest.

Basically, I was a hippie and still am a flower child.

I give Reiki, which is energy, but I don't tell too many people that.

I love Thieves, it is therapeutic, if you're not feeling well. It has a very strong scent but is quite wonderful. I also use lavender. Peppermint, when my stomach is upset.

One of our greatest gifts is out intuition. It is a sixth sense we all have - we just need to learn to tap into and trust it.

I love skiing, I love the sun, I love my children, I love my grandchildren, I love my family and friends... and whatever I haven't done.

I design from instinct. It's the only way I know how to live. What feels good. What feels right. What is needed. Give me a problem and I will approach it creatively, from my gut.

It's hard to keep the energy going sometimes, that's why I like to go with a group of people who are meditating. I love meditating in groups, it's fantastic.

I've been away and haven't seen my family. I speak to them every day though. I miss them, but I love traveling.

I start my day with a mind, body, soul practice - yoga, Pilates or meditation.

It used to be only yoga, but now I do Pilates as well; I feel like I need the balance.

Evening is a time of real experimentation. You never want to look the same way.

If I weren't doing what I'm doing today... I'd be traveling around the world on the back of a motorcycle.

I do remember how sexy my collection was after I first got involved with Stephan [Weiss]. That's one thing I don't have in my life now and...if anything, that's one thing I would love.

I'm more eclectic.Maybe I'm minimalist in the respect that I love black...black for the winter, white for the summer, you know? But I love artisanal things.

I love working in the markets, I love working with fabric. So I'm not that conditioned to one thing.

I love to play, I love to dance, I love to party . . . I'm a liver. I think what I need to learn is how to find the calmness, the centeredness.

I always thought what you wore underneath was as important as what you wear on top.