Quotes from Diane von Furstenberg

I loved the seventies.

I had good legs, and I loved showing them off.

Bali and the Aman resorts are all very luxurious, great places to go.

Beauty is perfect in its imperfections, so you just have to go with the imperfections.

Everyone knows I married a prince, and then I married a billionaire.

I get ideas about what's essential when packing my suitcase.

I never modeled myself after anyone. The person who had most influence on me was my mother, but it was really for her strength and courage more than her style, even though she had a lot of style. In a weird way, looking at pictures of me when I was 17 or 18, I was dressing the same way. I haven't changed very much.

I adore dark chocolate.

I always knew the woman I wanted to be-I knew I wanted to be a woman who was independent a woman who was in the driving seat, a woman who didn't need for the man to decide.

If you are trying to slip out without waking a sleeping man, zips are a nightmare. Haven't you ever tried to creep out of the room unnoticed the following morning? I've done that many times.

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.

If you're a good person, the goodness will continue through your descendants.

My best friend is me, and I take good care of me.

Don't let any of your good habits get boring.

Generosity is the best investment.

I didn't really know what I wanted to do, but I knew the woman I wanted to become.

Insecurity is a waste of time.

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 different animals.

My favorite days are the ones where I deal only with my own team, design, marketing, working on the next accessories collection.

The real story is that I am very free, that I've managed to be who I wanted to be without compromising.

I am not allowed to be afraid. My mother made me like that. As a child, if I was afraid of the dark, she would lock me in the closet. Things like this. And she would talk about the time she spent in the concentration camp, but not about being afraid, only about the good side of it.

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 was very strong. She made me strong, but she wanted me to be strong. That's more important.

I was born in Belgium. I went to school in England and in Switzerland, then I came to America, so I really feel like I am a citizen of the world.

Character. Intelligence. Strength. Style. That makes beauty.