Diane Von Furstenburg Quotes

I always knew the woman i wanted to be- I knew I wanted to be a woman who was independant ~ Diane Von Furstenburg

Listen, always listen. Most people at the beginnings of their lives don't know what they want to be unless you have a real vocation, like a pianist or a doctor, so it is very important to listen. Sometimes there are doors that will open and you think it is not an important door and yet it is- so it's very important to be curious and pay attention, because sometimes you learn and you don't even know you're learning. ~ Diane Von Furstenburg

Being attractive for a few hours some evening is hardly worth being that unattractive all day (in hot rollers). Being yourself and being natural with a man is wonderful, but being downright unattractive with him is foolish. ~ Diane Von Furstenberg

I think all races are represented in America much more than in many other places, but it's also nice to remind people about that ethnic mix. I would like to see more black models and women from different ethnic backgrounds, but I also think that when you are casting, you just choose the most beautiful girl you can find. ~ Diane Von Furstenberg

Character. Intelligence. Strength. Style. That makes beauty. ~ Diane Von Furstenberg

Italy will always have the best food. ~ Diane Von Furstenberg

Women never cease to impress and inspire me. ~ Diane Von Furstenberg

Personal style is accepting who you are. ~ Diane Von Furstenberg

As my mother told me, if you save one life, it begins a dynasty. The life you save can save another, so one life is never too small. ~ Diane Von Furstenberg

I'm not someone who calculates things. ~ Diane Von Furstenberg

I've never met a woman who is not strong, but sometimes they don't let it out. Then there's a tragedy, and then all of a sudden that strength comes. My message is let the strength come out before the tragedy. ~ Diane Von Furstenberg

Be the Woman You Want to Be ... ~ Diane Von Furstenberg

I loved the seventies. ~ Diane Von Furstenberg

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. ~ Diane Von Furstenberg

The important thing is to believe in what you do. Have a big dream and take small steps. ~ Diane Von Furstenberg

Fashion Week is so important for designers. ~ Diane Von Furstenberg

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

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

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. ~ Diane Von Furstenberg

I've always been inspired by women, and my mission was to inspire women. I always wanted to become a certain kind of woman, and I became that woman through fashion. It was a dialogue. I would see that the wrap dress made those women confident, and made them act with confidence. ~ Diane Von Furstenberg

I was fortunate to become the woman I always wanted to be. ~ Diane Von Furstenberg

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. ~ Diane Von Furstenberg

The success of every single woman is the inspiration for another. ~ Diane Von Furstenberg

You can actually be intimate with the universe. ~ Diane Von Furstenberg

Fashion is mysterious, as a rule. Why are blue jeans a classic? You just hit on something that happens to be timeless and right. ~ Diane Von Furstenberg

In Sardinia one summer my best friend Marisa Berenson and I ironed each other's hair. We used a hot laundry iron and took turns putting our hair on the ironing board, literally ironing it. That's a recipe for straightening that may be highly successful, but is definitely not recommended. ~ Diane Von Furstenberg

The girls who were unanimously considered beautiful often rested on their beauty alone. I felt I had to do things, to be intelligent and develop a personality in order to be seen as attractive. By the time I realized maybe I wasn't plain and might even possibly be pretty, I had already trained myself to be a little more interesting and informed. ~ Diane Von Furstenberg

Prepare your food attractively and serve it nicely. ~ Diane Von Furstenberg

I began to be involved (with exercise). It was a little bit like sex sometimes - you know how sometimes you're kind of disinterested, kind of uninvolved, and slowly you begin to become interested? ~ Diane Von Furstenberg

Aging is out of your control. How you handle it, though, is in your hands. ~ Diane Von Furstenberg

It is more important to be pretty as a woman than to be fashionable. ~ Diane Von Furstenberg

It's more than just a dress; it's a spirit. The wrap dress was an interesting cultural phenomenon, and one that has lasted 30 years. What is so special about it is that it's actually a very traditional form of clothing. It's like a toga, it's like a kimono, without buttons, without a zipper. What made my wrap dresses different is that they were made out of jersey and they sculpted the body. ~ Diane Von Furstenberg

Landscapes change, people come and go, but all the landscapes, all the experiences, all the people weave into your life's fabric. ~ Diane Von Furstenberg

Beware of your thoughts for they become words, beware of your words for they become actions, beware of your actions for they become habits, beware of your habits for they become character, beware of your character for it becomes your destiny. ~ Diane Von Furstenberg

Nature is a source of strength. ~ Diane Von Furstenberg