Donna Karan Quotes

Many of the customers here are traveling all over the world so they need multiple types of clothes. That's one thing about Urban Zen - it is seasonless and it is timeless. So it's not about the fashion of a moment saying, "I have to have it now." It's something that you become a part of...sort of like a sari.

Today, fashion is really about sensuality-how a woman feels on the inside. In the '80s women used suits with exaggerated shoulders and waists to make a strong impression. Women are now more comfortable with themselves and their bodies-they no longer feel the need to hide behind their clothes.

Delete the negative; accentuate the positive!

Evening is a time of real experimentation. You never want to look the same way.

Every woman has the power to seduce the world with her uniqueness, passion and creativity.

Pasta is my favorite comfort food, but sometimes my body really wants a steak, and I'll have one.

Design is a constant challenge to balance comfort with luxe, the practical with the desirable.

I believe in the power of women. As nurturers, we have a unique ability to care and share and make the world a better place. Women Who Inspire are women who are making a difference.

Fragrance is the first layer of dressing, a woman's invisible body suit.

The most important thing any woman can do is promote her inner well-being

When I came to Delhi first and said, "This is not India. And then I was taken to Varanasi and there I loved, loved the culture. It was a beautiful journey. The way the people dressed - even the poorest people, and the fabrics! With vegetable dyes, and I was fascinated by the color. But in the end I loved the men - all in white - so many shades of white. And I said, "What am I going to do? A color collection or a white collection?" I finally did a neutral white collection.

Every problem has a creative solution.

Personal Style comes from within. It's when the woman, her individuality and spirit come through. She uses clothes to express who she is and how she feels

Everything in life... has to have balance.

I couldn't live without something that touches my heart. No one should.

My favorite journey is anywhere I haven't been

Every time I see the sunshine in the bright blue sky, I cannot help but think how blessed I really am to see another day. There are so many who may have not woken up to see it but I have been blessed.

I never see one woman when I design, it's always a universe of women

Women are now more comfortable with themselves and their bodies-they no longer feel the need to hide behind their clothes.

My bodysuit is how I start everyday. I wear a bodysuit everyday of my life. It's how I start my yoga practice. It's underneath it all. For me, what goes under the clothes is as important as what goes on top of the clothes. It's a layering aspect, so it's inside.

Its really easy to get colors right. Its really hard to get black - and neutrals - right. Black is certainly a color but its also an illusion.

You look at the world situation, look at London, Paris, Italy, it is all basically the same as the U.S. Then you look at other places such as India, Bali, with warmer climates, you know the Southern climates, they are very different. I think there is a time and place for everything and in Australia, for example, it is completely the opposite. I don't think we can be designing for that customer per se.

I feel at home most places I go, but my very top of the list are Bali, Italy, and London. Those are like second homes to me.

I think we're on a journey....It was very easy to write about my past in my book, but writing about the present is all a new chapter. I hope that people find this journey fascinating, informative and educational.

I love Thieves, it is therapeutic, if you're not feeling well. It has a very strong scent but is quite wonderful. I also use lavender. Peppermint, when my stomach is upset.

A fashion victim is dressed in designer clothes from top to bottom.

We've come a long way. Power dressing now is designed to let the woman inside us come through.

Accent your positive and delete your negative.

I wanted to create something that would live on forever, beyond my time, and out of that came Cashmere Mist.

I feel very strongly about dresses on every level - a dress feels like underpinning.

I start my day with a mind, body, soul practice - yoga, pilates or meditation.

I always need a support team, even at Donna Karan. I like collaborating. There is something in collaboration that is wonderful.

Everyone contributes something different to the mind, body and spirit.

When you grow a business, it belongs to a lot of other people besides you. As much as you want to control it, the minute you go public, it becomes a business . . .

I love building spaces: architecture, furniture, all of it, probably more than fashion. The development procedure is more tactile. It's about space and form and it's something you can share with other people.

Just take a breath and see what happens.

You know the bodysuit that I built my line on? . . .That was about me being able to go directly from work to yoga class. It just wasn't as accepted to talk about then.

I believe Hillary [Clinton] should be the president. I believe having her and her husband in the White House is what the country needs .

My biggest faux pas is not giving time for myself.

I'd rather promote New York than anything else in this world because New York to me means the world.

One of our greatest gifts is out intuition. It is a sixth sense we all have - we just need to learn to tap into and trust it.

I truly believe that philanthropy and commerce can work together.

Its all about finding the calm in the chaos.

Everything I do is a matter of heart, body and soul.

I'm very involved with Pilates as well; you have to be careful. I can't do headstands any more, I have a neck and a spinal problem, but I used to do it.

I must say that the more you give, the more you get. Being able to find solutions, to help other people is extremely gratifying.

My biggest style regret is that I can't fit into the models' clothes.

My spiritual connection is about embracing everything around me. We're all the same. There are no boundaries . . .

I'm not a fan of Donald Trump. To be perfectly honest, I don't think violence is the answer to anything and I think, hopefully, she [Hillary Clinton] will be our president.

You have to keep your eyes and heart open - there are always new things to discover, new problems to solve.