302 Quotes by Diane Von Furstenberg

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

Be in charge of your own life.

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.

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

Truth is cathartic, a way of keeping the trees pruned. The truer you can be the better it is because it simplifies life and love.

Never, ever, blame others for what befalls you, no matter how horrible it might be. Trust you, and only you, to be responsible for your own life.

So as a founder, you have an authenticity and a human factor that is really special and that gives an enormous amount of energy and fuel. But as a founder, you’re also not as cold, maybe, or as pragmatic.

There are emerging countries. I mean, there are countries, you know, China, India, and Brazil, and all of these countries that are emerging. They are building homes. They are building – so there is a new lifestyle.

What I have learned is that when you are sick, much of healing is in the hands of doctors and science, but part of it is finding and using your own power.