Diane von Furstenberg

“Do I believe in reincarnation? Well, let's say that I believe in karma. I think you make your own karma.”

“I don't like to talk about my dreams. I like to make them happen. I prefer to talk about them when they're done.”

“Italy will always have the best food.”

“What's important to me is to share, and being inspired, and inspiring.”

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

“Marriage was never a destination with me.”

“Work and children I could have. But the husband was just too much.”

“I'm not the only one; most people's mothers are the most influential person in their life. But my mother survived the camps, and she was very strong. She made me strong, but she wanted me to be strong. That's more important.”

“Women inspire me... so I enjoy women's stories and biographies. I am interested in all women.”

“As the president of the Council of Fashion Designers of America, I represent the designers. And while we can by no means take the blame for eating disorders, we can play our part in addressing this important issue.”

“I'm not tired of who I am. That would be sad!”

“When you get into a hotel room, you lock the door, and you know there is a secrecy, there is a luxury, there is fantasy. There is comfort. There is reassurance.”

“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 best friend is me, and I take good care of me.”

“I was born in Belgium. I went to school in England and in Switzerland, then I came to America, so I really feel like I am a citizen of the world.”

“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 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.”

“I have always been attracted to clothes designed by women. Coco Chanel, Vionnet, Norma Kamali, Donna Karan. They have a little more - how do I put it? - understanding.”

“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.”

“I am not allowed to be afraid. My mother made me like that. As a child, if I was afraid of the dark, she would lock me in the closet. Things like this. And she would talk about the time she spent in the concentration camp, but not about being afraid, only about the good side of it.”