Cut in dressmaking is like grammar in language. A good design should be like a well made sentence and it should only express one idea at a time.

There are not many original shapes or silhouettes -- only a million variations.

The standard formulation on remedy is that it ought to cure past violations and prevent their recurrence. That's what antitrust is all about.

A great designer does not seek acceptance. He challenges popularity, and by the force of his convictions renders popular in the end what the public hates at first sight.

Bonfire of the Vanities: The lesson of that book is, never start believing your own press.

Fashion, after all, is magic and miracle…intended to bestow proportion and beauty where both have been lost or faded with the years.

All creative work begins by doing something with the hands. Creation is simply a problem and design is the way out.

Forget all you know & learn something every day.

There is no man who hates the power of the crown more, or who has a worse opinion of the Person to whom it belongs than I.

All my seams have meaning - they emphasize something about the body.

I spent my life making fashion an art form.

All the beauty lies in the sacredness of the heart.

I'd rater share the glory of a hit than star by myself in a flop

Humor disarms people. They don't feel threatened.

The journalist, whose main duty is speed, is likely sometimes to get an advantage over the diplomatist whose main object is accuracy.

Knowledge about the process being modeled starts fairly low, then increases as understanding is obtained and tapers off to a high value at the end.

I love meeting my readers - so the more I can talk to at one event the better!

It's better to have a pocket full of regrets than to never have lived.

The love of a parent, that connection, it's eternal.

I don't think you want to hurt businesses that are making $250,000 or $500,000. Those are the real people who created the opportunity to put people to work.

The blues echoes right through into soul, R&B and hip hop. It's part of the make-up of modern music. You can't turn your back on the blues.