“Attitude is everything.”

“I design for the woman who loves being a woman. ”

“You're always with yourself, so you might as well enjoy the company.”

“Now is the time to become a myth.”

“In all circumstances, I always look for the light and build around it, with little memory of pain.”

“New York seemed as young as I was and infinitely hospitable.”

“The girls who were unanimously considered beautiful often rested on their beauty alone. I felt I had to do things, to be intelligent and develop a personality in order to be seen as attractive. By the time I realized maybe I wasn't plain and might even possibly be pretty, I had already trained myself to be a little more interesting and informed.”