Quotes from Donna Karan

I believe in the power of women. As nurturers, we have a unique ability to care and share and make the world a better place. Women Who Inspire are women who are making a difference.

Women are now more comfortable with themselves and their bodies-they no longer feel the need to hide behind their clothes.

I never see one woman when I design, it's always a universe of women

Business, numbers, negotiations, all that stuff I wouldn't go near.

It's really easy to get colors right. It's really hard to get black - and neutrals - right. Black is certainly a color but it's also an illusion.

My daughter Gabby very kindly once said that she thinks I was a better mother because I was doing a job I loved. I now think guilt is a universal part of being a mother. I used to think it was Jewish-mother guilt but now I think it is working-mother guilt.

There was a time when we would pick up Women's Wear Daily and couldn't wait to see what it read. And now, you get it five minutes later on your iPad or your phone! The same has to apply to fashion.

I think I was a nomad in another life.

You know the bodysuit that I built my line on? . . .That was about me being able to go directly from work to yoga class. It just wasn't as accepted to talk about then.

I truly believe that philanthropy and commerce can work together.

Age and size are only numbers. It's the attitude you bring to clothes that make the difference.

Design and style should work toward making you look good and feel good without a lot of effort so you can get on with the things that matter.

I would love to work with the artisans and take it to another dimension, the same way I did in Haiti.

I feel very strongly about dresses on every level - a dress feels like underpinning.

When you grow a business, it belongs to a lot of other people besides you. As much as you want to control it, the minute you go public, it becomes a business . . .

When I started Donna Karan, people weren't really accepting the idea of the working woman.

To me, design and style should work toward making you look good and feel good without a lot of effort - so you can get on with the things that matter.

Now the industry is looking at the change in a very real way - to find ways of talking to the consumer much faster. Everything we have is changing with communication - from fashion to newspapers.

It's all about finding the calm in the chaos

A fashion victim is dressed in designer clothes from top to bottom.

Pasta is my favorite comfort food, but sometimes my body really wants a steak, and I'll have one.