I started at the very highest level so the upper end is something I know very well. I know it instinctively. But all the years I was designing, it frustrated me that I could reach so few women.

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.

But joy is individual, and can only be experienced alone. Hell is communal, but Heaven is personal.

Anything that ends is a dream. This whole universe is a dream.

Patience in our lives springs from God’s power based upon our willingness to learn it.

It is better to sleep on things beforehand than lie awake about them afterwards.

That's what every uncomfortable feeling is for-that's what pain is for, what money is for, what everything in the world is for: your self-realization.

If a person is dying of cancer, you do not say, 'You can't turn back the clock.' You try to heal the person, no matter how painful the process.

However great the dish that holds the turbot, the turbot is still greater than the dish.

When have you ever heard of a cantor or any artist turning anyone down when he is strongly urged to perform?

Wars are never fought for one reason," he said. "They are fought for dozens of reasons, in a muddle.

Just because something didn't happen doesn't mean it isn't true.