I am not the sort of woman who would wear high heels with a bathing suit. Let's get that straight right now.

Success isn't about the end result; it's about what you learn along the way.

A woman is never sexier than when she is comfortable in her clothes.

When I design a wedding dress with a bustle, it has to be one the bride can dance in. I love the idea that something is practical and still looks great.

I was stigmatized by being a bridal designer for a long time. I am amazed I have been able to move beyond it. I had really all but given up trying, but I did it because it was my lifelong dream.

Don't be afraid to take time to learn. It's good to work for other people. I worked for others for 20 years. They paid me to learn.

I want people to see the dress, but focus on the woman.

Fashion offers no greater challenge than finding what works for night without looking like you are wearing a costume.

Even the most understated ceremony involves a certain respect for ritual and pageantry. No one plays more of a significant role than the bride's attendants.

When you have a passion for something then you tend not only to be better at it, but you work harder at it too.

Design is about point of view, and there should be some sort of woman or lifestyle or attitude in one's head as a designer.

Don't dare try to be heroes.

It is never too late or too early

friendship is the only cure for hatred, the only guarantee of peace.

Rocket science has been mythologized all out of proportion to its true difficulty.

As much as younger women are infused with a greater sense of possibility than most women of preceding generations, as a generation we are generally politically disengaged.

One should never go back to a place one has loved; for, however, rough the going forward is, it is better than the snuffing out-of-love return.

We are the living graves of murdered beasts.

The whole existence of man is a ceaseless duel between the forces of life and death.

The peerless cup afloat Of the lake-lily is an urn some nymph Swims bearing high above her head.

Whoe'er has travell'd life's dull round, Where'er his stages may have been, May sigh to think he still has found The warmest welcome at an inn.