I came to New York when I was 21, 22. I couldn't speak English. I knew I wanted to go to fashion school.

I don't listen to music when designing. We create in silence. I go through a torturous process because everything has to be precise and right.

I wanted to be involved with fashion, though I didn't know what being a designer meant.

My resolution is to make positivity, thankfulness and happiness my new mantra.

I hope the average woman feels she needs practicality but with a little bit of fantasy. Otherwise it's just not fashion.

Each season I strive to design a forward-thinking and effortless collection with a very clean minimalist aesthetic.

When a sketch comes into this three-dimensional form and everybody contributes, it's really fantastic.

I came to New York in 1986. My father didn't think it was a good idea. I didn't know how I found it, but I went to Hunter College. I had no money and I couldn't speak English.

Brazil is not what you see but what you feel. Once you spend time here - a week, two weeks - you get in the vibe. It's really intoxicating.

I don't love reading so much, but I love book shopping. It's just because I don't have much time.

Being sexy is not about what's on show, it's all about suggestion, or insinuation. I'm interested in the way a garment hangs on a woman's body and the way it moves when she moves.

If your desire for 'good' is based on greed, it is not good, but greed.

Nothing is perfect. Life is messy. Relationships are complex. Outcomes are uncertain. People are irrational.

Hitting the gym to release stress is not nearly as effective as hitting the people that cause the stress to begin with.

When 'Being Rushed' is the problem . . . Rushing is never the solution.

When I was a kid, being outside was the norm. Rain or shine, our parents would tell us to get out of the house.

I want to do everything in the world with you.

I believe that the federal government should be laying down broadband like Eisenhower laid down interstates.

Life is not fair; God is.

Many people on our planet right now despair; they think we’ve reached a point where we’ve discovered most of the things. I’m going tell you right now: Please don’t despair.

I understand politically that uprisings take place as a combination of spontaneity and preparation, not that preparation is more important than spontaneity.