Quotes from Betsey Johnson

I'm not the type of person who dwells too much on bad things.

I never wanted to be on a pedestal.

My favorite era was the '60s because it was filled with incredible creative newness, from panty hose to landing on the moon to Twiggy and Andy Warhol - I loved them, and they loved to wear my silver clothes.

If I could choose to have one superpower, I would want to be able to make everyone love everyone!

My customer isn't wrapped up in labels and money.

Accessories design is one of the most creative categories. It's like cooking, like decorating, because it involves the person. They have to choose, and they have to figure out how to wear it and to mix it based on their style.

I can't wear a little makeup. I have to wear a lot of makeup or no makeup.

As long as I look good, I'm very happy - and as long as I look consistently me.

I couldn't live if I wasn't a designer.

I would've been a really good costume designer because, basically, my clothes were like costumes, and I wanted to be a dancer, so there's all of that tulle and color.

I just get makeup from wherever I can. From Maybelline to Chanel - you know, all over the place.

If a girl comes to me first for a prom or a bar mitzvah and she likes the way she looks and her boyfriend likes the way she looks, she'll come back.

If I hadn't decided to be a fashion designer, I would have loved to be a Broadway showgirl or a Rockette!

I just did what I loved - flowers and rock n' roll. Pretty and punk. I was largely inspired by my dancing school classes and costumes.

In the '60s, I'd wear three pairs of eyelashes. Now they make them that thick, but back then they didn't, so you had to kind of build your own.

Just to see what a pink dress can mean to a woman, any woman, but a disabled woman, that's extra special and thrilling because they shouldn't be separated and their disabilities don't have to separate them in anyway.

I used to design for my body, which was flat-chested with big hips. That's why my clothes were tight on top with full skirts.

Hard times always lead to something great.

I don't like to have time on my wall; it's too-in-your-face.

If it hadn't been for the rise of the working woman's wardrobe, I never would have found the time to sneak a kid in.

Love is a disease of the heartin the end, there is no treatment curable and it might just kill you.

Real success is being totally indulgent about your own trip. You put your blinders on about the garbage and go full speed ahead.

With over 3 million women battling breast cancer today, everywhere you turn there is a mother, daughter, sister, or friend who has been affected by breast cancer.

Girls do not dress for boys. They dress for themselves and, of course, each other. If girls dressed for boys they'd just walk around naked at all times.