Quotes from Diane von Furstenberg

I was a very young girl and I got into fashion very much by accident, wanting to be independent. What was wonderful was that while I was learning and discovering - learning about the work, discovering myself as a woman - I was allowing other women to feel the same way.

I've always liked wrinkles. When I was a young girl, I used to make lines on my face with my nails because I loved Jeanne Moreau. I always wanted to be older; I always added years to my life. For the longest time, if people thought I was older, I would take it as a compliment.

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

I am almost a vegetarian, and I meditate, do yoga and love to hike.

When I was young, I lived like an old woman, and when I got old, I had to live like a young person.

Simplicity and sexiness, that's what people want. At a price that's not outrageous.

I obviously don't feel under pressure to look young, because I have had no Botox or surgery. I don't judge people who choose to have it, but I don't want to erase who I am.

I'm very good at breaking up with people. Very good. It requires a lot of skill, but what you do is you tell them the truth of why you are breaking up with them, and after that, you somehow compensate with other things. If you have loved someone, I think that somehow they should always be a part of your life. I really do.

Harbour Island in the Bahamas is beautiful, with turquoise water and pink sand.

When I was a little girl, if I didn't eat my soup, my mother would say, 'You have to think of all the Chinese children who have nothing to eat.' But now, for my children, Chinese people make everything, and for my grandchildren, they buy everything.

My son loves the Hotel du Cap, in the south of France.

I don't think we should always look at the Chinese like they're taking jobs. They are also bring us more and more jobs. Because, they are the biggest growing consumer. I think what is going on in China is exciting.

The most important thing is to be healthy, to drink a lot of water, to fight gravity as much as possible. I am one of the few people who decided I wasn't going to do any invasion with my face.

I always was fascinated with China, because I was born in Europe, and for us, China had this fascination and mystery. The first time I came here was in 1989. They were on bicycles, and the speed of the growth has been incredible.

Fashion can be this mysterious thing that you can't explain.

When a woman becomes her own best friend life is easier.

I always wanted to be a femme fatale. Even when I was a young girl, I never really wanted to be a girl. I wanted to be a woman.

I am a fast dresser, 30 minutes max with hair and makeup. I don't have a uniform, but I like to be comfortable.

I always wanted to live a man's life in a woman's body

You are the one that possesses the keys to your being. You carry the passport to your own happiness.

The success of every single woman is the inspiration for another.

You know I have never met a woman who is not strong. They don't exist.

I can honestly say that I understand women very well. If you understand yourself, you understand women, because, in the end, all women are the same.

Women never cease to impress and inspire me.