Diane von Furstenberg Design Quotations

There's design, and there's art. Good design is total harmony. There's no better designer than nature - if you look at a branch or a leaf, it's perfect. It's all function. Art is different. It's about emotion. It's about suffering and beauty - but mostly suffering!

Fashion Week is so important for designers.

A challenging economy is always good for design. It unites necessity and functionality. You are forced to be creative with poor materials.

I design for the woman I wanted to be, the woman I used to be and to some degree, the woman I'm still a little piece of.

My favorite days are the ones where I deal only with my own team, design, marketing, working on the next accessories collection.

I design for the woman who loves being a woman.

The most important relationship you have in life is the one you have with yourself. And then after that, I'd say once you have that, it may be hard work, but you can actually design your life.

I have always been attracted to clothes designed by women. Coco Chanel, Vionnet, Norma Kamali, Donna Karan. They have a little more - how do I put it? - understanding.

The way I design generally is very much travel-oriented because that is my life. That's why I make clothes that are so light and so easy to pack and a little bit seasonless.

I never like to think that I design for a particular person. I design for the woman I wanted to be, the woman I used to be, and - to some degree - the woman I'm still a little piece of.