Awkwardness gives me great comfort.

I always find beauty in things that are odd and imperfect - they are much more interesting.

You can never please everyone, and I think it's best not to.

Let's do what we love and do a lot of it.

I like people who have a sense of individuality. I love expression and anything awkward and imperfect, because that’s natural and that’s real.

Life is a fashion show, the world is your runway.

Change is a great and horrible thing, and people love it or hate it at the same time. Without change, however, you just don't move.

I wouldn't know how to find eBay on the computer if my life depended on it.

There is never a wrong time for a polka dot.

One thing that is exciting about fashion is the surprise element. People don't know what they want. They just know when they see it.

What's worked for me is not quitting and being passionate about what I do and not giving up - and when I don't believe in myself, turning to others who believe in me.

Comparison is the enemy to creativity.

We need people who push boundaries rather than retreat inside them.

Traditional marriage is what should be sanctioned.

If you have children, you don't want to have drugs and drinks in the house. It's just not good.

In combat, spontaneity rules; rote performance of technique perishes.

It is still an open question as to whether mankind or insects shall ultimately inherit the earth. It is my opinion that mankind ... has about a 50-50 chance...

My own style influences have to do with where I grew up, in the Bronx, and I still like to wear bangles and big hoops!

The happiest folk are those that are busy, for their minds are starved of time to seek out woe.

I don't believe in living in the past. Living in the past is for cowards. If you live in the past, you die in the past.

Responsibility is what awaits outside the Eden of Creativity.