I have a lot of obligations.

Either it works or it doesn't.

I don't want to offend people.

I'm so involved in melancholy.

50s cheesecake meets Eskimo fake fur.

Flirting is conversational chemistry.

I'm not trying to be the next Joan Rivers.

What you do, you don't think of as a product

What you do, you don't think of as a product.

The more relaxed you can get, the better you'll do

The more relaxed you can get, the better you'll do.

You know what makes me teary? Goya. Goya makes me cry.

You know who a role model for me is? George Ballanchine

I think that 60 percent of inspiration is organization.

You know who a role model for me is? George Ballanchine.

Sometimes I'm really dressed up, and it really turns me on

Mick Jagger, his face was very new. It became a sex symbol

A gift to mankind; the next Elizabeth Taylor in the making

Mick Jagger, his face was very new. It became a sex symbol.

Sometimes I'm really dressed up, and it really turns me on.

How do I do it? I don't know how I wouldn't do it-that's the thing.

There's no reason for unhappiness if you're living with nice design.

I equate peonies with love because they're the first blooms of summer.

It's no wonder we know how to dress; we've spent centuries in closets.

You can't be melancholy in fashion because people don't respond to it.

Color is like food for the spirit - plus it's not addictive or fattening.

A mutt is couture-it's the only one like it in the world, made especially for you.

When someone says you can't do what you know you can do, then you can't do anything

This is what I like about being a designer: You can't really get it until you see it.

The moon is such a planet, I can’t even stand it. What else is it if it’s not a planet?

Style makes you feel great because it takes your mind off the fact that you're going to die.

If you feel something in your heart, if you have a vision for it, then it's no longer a risk.

If you try to have a fashion show with Bach fugues and John Coltrane, it doesn't really work.

A bathroom should be sterile and beautiful and functional. It should exude Japanese-style purity.

Half the time I don't even think about it, I just throw something on because I'm so late or so busy.

Remember this: No one is looking at your imperfections; they're all too busy worrying about their own.

I'm all about exuberance. We only have one short life to live, and we shouldn't waste it being tasteful.

All I want are high heels, high heels. If I was a girl, I'd wear a lot of high heels. High, stiletto heels.

When people ask, Do you like children? I always say, I like some children, yes. Some children I don't like.

I encourage you to stop saying, "I just want to look not so bad" and instead say, "I want to look fabulous."

I'd love to talk to Angelina Jolie. On my show I would love her because she's a mysterious, mysterious figure.

You're not working with models, you're working with real women who have, like, anatomy. Models do not have anatomy

Most of my life I was occupied with American television and American food. My ethnicity was my choice. It still is

Most of my life I was occupied with American television and American food. My ethnicity was my choice. It still is.

You're not working with models, you're working with real women who have, like, anatomy. Models do not have anatomy.

People say it's really the press who create those soundbites about fashion. That's what sells magazines and clothes.

Even though I grew up as a Sephardic Jew in Brooklyn where we ate Syrian food and went to temple, it was still America.

That's one thing about fashion that you really shouldn't be-you can't be melancholy in fashion because people don't respond to it.

I don't like people to feel completely described by the clothes they wear of mine. I want them to feel that they're describing themselves.

In Paris, it used to feel like you were living in a museum. As beautiful as it was, it's still limited. But here you have just everything.

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