I always say I lived my life with my grandmother. She was emotionally stable, and she was very encouraging to me.

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.

Your value lies not in status or title, but in the roots of your character and depth of your compassion.

You know you’re successful when your wants and needs are in harmony with your current situation.

A budget tells us what we can't afford, but it doesn't keep us from buying it.

To live long it is necessary to live slowly.

The mediation by the serpent was necessary. Evil can seduce man, but cannot become man.

We live in an age of confusion and thirst in which the advantages of communication are greater than those of secrecy.

However much you deny the truth, the truth goes on existing.

God is a writer and we are both the heroes and the readers.

It's understandable that people are keeping one eye on the pot and another up the chimney.

Growing up, I knew you were supposed to have a profession - and something better than being a shopkeeper, which is what my parents were.