Quotes from Diane von Furstenberg

I don't care about fashion, I care about women.

I never try to make a major fashion statement but I want to be the friend in a woman's closet. I make dresses that women get laid in.

The older I get, the more impressed I am with women. I have yet to meet a woman who is not strong. They don't exist.

It's very often true that some women look better without makeup, but that's only during the day.

You don't want to exaggerate any feature noticeably. I think only truly beautiful women can exaggerate and they usually don't have to.

The more independent you want to be, the more generous you must be with yourself as a woman.

All women are strong. My mother survived Auschwitz, and fear wasn't an option when we were growing up. If we were afraid of the dark, we were put into the closet until we weren't.

All women are the same, really: They are strong, but they are afraid of their own strength.

What I think I sell with my clothes is confidence, so hopefully all my dresses, my accessories, are friends to the women. When you open the closet, and your eyes are swollen, and you don't like the way you look, you go to your friends.

When you come to a hotel room, you want it to be grand, functional and beautiful. But you don't want things that are not useful. Sometimes you go to hotels and there are all these frames and pictures of people you don't know, and you end up hiding everything in the drawer, and then housekeeping come and put it out again.

Passion and persistence are what matter. Dreams are achievable and you can make your fantasy come true, but there are no shortcuts. Nothing happens without hard work.

Go to a place where you're not going to be stressed, because a honeymoon itself can be a stressful thing.

I have always been a nomad and I have mastered the art of packing! I always say: pack lightly, live lightly.

The most important relationship you have in life is the one you have with yourself. And then after that, I'd say once you have that, it may be hard work, but you can actually design your life.

The whole point about beauty is its imperfection.

Italy will always have the best food.

I communicate mostly via e-mail and receive hundreds of e-mails a day.

My biggest vice is playing solitaire on my iPad. It's bad. I mean, it's ridiculous.

Confidence. If you have it, you can make anything look good.

The secret to feeling attractive, and to being attractive, is the confidence that comes from knowing who you are and what you believe in.

Style is about confidence. That's the real beauty.

I wanted to be an empowered woman, and I became an empowered woman. And now I want to empower every woman. And I do it through my clothes, I do it through my words, I do it through my money, I do it through everything.

Clarity is the most important thing. I can compare clarity to pruning in gardening. You know, you need to be clear. If you are not clear, nothing is going to happen. You have to be clear. Then you have to be confident about your vision. And after that, you just have to put a lot of work in.

You only regret what you don't do! Go for it, live your dreams and enjoy it all!