I think that 60 percent of inspiration is organization.

I equate peonies with love because they're the first blooms of summer.

Remember this: No one is looking at your imperfections; they're all too busy worrying about their own.

The last thing I want to become is one of those talking heads where everything is satiny smooth and you know what the next question is going to be

I'm all about exuberance. We only have one short life to live, and we shouldn't waste it being tasteful.

A mutt is couture-it's the only one like it in the world, made especially for you.

Most of my life I was occupied with American television and American food. My ethnicity was my choice. It still is

There's no reason for unhappiness if you're living with nice design.

All I want are high heels, high heels. If I was a girl, I'd wear a lot of high heels. High, stiletto heels.

This is what I like about being a designer: You can't really get it until you see it.

Style makes you feel great because it takes your mind off the fact that you're going to die.

Never face facts if you do you'll never get up in the morning.

I had a very difficult relationship with my father, which ended up okay, but there were many difficult years.

Look at the sun sinkin' like a ship. Ain't that just like my heart, babe. When you kissed my lips?

Try not to get lost in comparing yourself to others. Discover your gifts and let them shine!

You have to do a little bragging on yourself even to your relatives-man doesn't get anywhere without advertising.

He has to live in the midst of the incomprehensible, which is also detestable.

When I look at a body it gives me choice of what to put in a painting, what will suit me and what won't

I know of no wars started by anyone to impose lack of religion on someone else.

When the spirit moves me, I can do many wondrous things.

When one looks into the window of a store which sells devotional art objects, one can't help wishing the iconoclasts had won.