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

“I always knew the woman I wanted to be.”

“I didn't know what I wanted to do, but I always knew the woman I wanted to be.”

“The biggest mistake a woman can make is not to be herself in public or private.”

“When a woman becomes her own best friend life is easier.”

“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.”

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