Perseverance is the key to starting a successful business.

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.

If my mind and my city were the same thing then I was losing my mind.

Sadness brings delicacy. Happiness brings subliminal terror.

I can no longer think what I want to think. My thoughts have been replaced by moving images.

The things that matter don't necessarily make sense.

Life is a do-it-yourself kit, so do it yourself. Work. Practice.

So you are the people tearing down the Brazilian rainforest and breeding cattle.

Live as long as you may, the first twenty years are the longest half of your life.

The movie [Chicken with Plums] is very delicate, and you need to have people around you that understand what you're doing, otherwise it doesn't work.

All styles are good except the tiresome kind.