I started thinking about joy. Everything in our society is so purposeful. Let's bring joy back to the experience.

Don't be intimidated by what you don't know. That can be your greatest strength and ensure that you do things differently from everyone else.

I'll mix a lot of things. I'll wear a Temperley dress with flip flops, or I might be in head-to-toe Gucci and have on a ring that I got from a gumball machine for 50 cents.

You’ve got to visualize where you’re headed and be very clear about it. Take a polaroid picture of where you’re going to be in a few years.

Ensure that you do things differently from everyone else

Don't be intimidated by what you don't know.

I've always leaned toward a feminine, funky style, even in business settings. I used to paint my nails blue in 1993, before it was mainstream.

I think failure is nothing more than life's way of nudging you that you are off course.

My saddlebags are why Spanx exist! Now that I have a baby I also have a muffin top.

If we can put a man on the moon, we can make pantyhose comfortable.

Instead of failure being the outcome, failure became not trying. And it forced me at a young age to want to push myself so much further out of my comfort zone.

Armus: 'No need for interogation if you'd tell me this earlier.'Samarga: 'You wouldn't buy it if I gave it away without squeal.

Stay Positive

Don't try to be useful. Try to be yourself: that is enough & that makes all the difference.

I'm a hard nut to crack, and I take it standing up.

The more time we spend considering the shortcomings of others, the smaller a person we become.

People are working hard in the USA to make things. And I want to help them do it even more.

The most indispensable qualification of a cook is punctuality. The same must be said of guests.

I think Channel One was very integral in my career.

Sometimes rejection in life is really redirection.

Though under-instruction is a bad thing, it is not impossible that over-instruction may be worse.