Donna Karan Quotations | Page 2

I can't tell you how much I appreciate these young [Israeli] designers. There's too much strife in the world. If we become united in our creativity, not only in what we wear, but what we do, we will change the world. It's truly an honor to be around such inspiration.

I did Urban Zen for myself, to make clothes for me and my friends, a similar philosophy to when I started Donna Karan. Except this time I hope it will stay that way so that I will be able to support young designers and mentor them.

Just take a breath and see what happens.

I realized I needed to address people, not just dress them.

I worked with a writer, Kathleen Boyce. It was a wonderful experience...but I didn't expect that the last chapter would be the last chapter of Donna Karan. That was probably the biggest shock.

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

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 like the idea of having many different ways to express myself. There is a part of me as an artist and a creator who would like to express myself in many different ways. But then at the same time I know I have limited hours in the day, and I can only do so much successfully.

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.

Where there is creativity, there is hope.

Smell is the primordial sense, more powerful, more primitive, more intimately tied to our memories and emotions than any other. A scent can trigger spiritual, emotional or physical peace and stimulate healing and wellness.

I also miss the support that I had of so many people. You know I'm a very Ma and Pa operation right now, and I was used to having everything working for me. It was a similar situation when I left Anne Klein and started Donna Karan. All of a sudden I was working in my apartment and it was, "Oh my god, what am I doing?"

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.

Usually I do a practice in the morning first and then meditate. I'm fortunate that I can do it in a car, in a bus, in a plane.

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

Its all about finding the calm in the chaos.

It's hard to keep the energy going sometimes, that's why I like to go with a group of people who are meditating. I love meditating in groups, it's fantastic.

Where there is creativity there is hope and Haiti is the most hopeful place I've experienced

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

My New Years Resolution is to find the calm in the chaos. Practicing yoga is one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself. It's where you connect mind, body and spirit.

There's such a void in the medical system. When my husband was sick, it became very apparent to me that the nurses were doing the doctor's job, and the doctors were doing the disease job, so no one was caring for the patient and the loved one.

Everything I do is a matter of heart, body and soul. For me, designing is an expression of who I am as a woman, with all the complications, feelings and emotions.

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.

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 . . .

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

Accent your positive and delete your negative.

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

Every problem has a creative solution.

I think I was always inspired by seeing a problem, and finding a solution.

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

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.

If you look at the world today, there are as many solutions as there are problems. I think that is a big part of creativity. That's why I started Urban Zen. Because I wanted to dress and address people.

Everything in life... has to have balance.

My favorite journey is anywhere I haven't been

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.

I have tried to hold my philanthropic passion to fashion, because I think this is very important, and I realize I need to delve even deeper into it.

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

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

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

With all the yoga and meditation that I do, when the chaos happens it happens. But I'm not as affected as a lot of people - I don't react as much. I just let things drip off my back a little bit.

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

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

I'm very involved in my business and with my family and my friends. I don't play the social world very much, and not to promote my product. I do it for the philanthropic problems because there I feel that I'm making a difference, and that I'm helping. So I do it in a soulful way.

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.

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.

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

beautiful studies of new whites -- whites that are not really white. They're sort of alabaster and ice tones and gray tones.

Everything was really thought about from the shoe up to the hair -- sort of like head-to-toe, we are going into the next century,

There's nothing in it, so it creates this rustling kind of effect.

No question about it. I think she's told us that. You know it's not about us dictating, just giving her tools for her to do it.

They're very grounding kinds of shoes, and sexy at the same time.

It's like you were taking your clothes and putting it on a hanger and just letting them out to air.

The beginning of the show is all about the tube pieces and then from there it works sort of like a conveyor belt. You just add a piece, and add a piece, and add a piece. For me that's modern dressing.

It's naive and sweet, yet at the same time it has a sensuality because it shows your breasts.

If there's hardware, it's a functional hardware used for a purpose.

I love oils I'm oil-obsessed, ... I really do think oils are the purest essences there are unspoiled, untainted, luxurious.

I realized I had a company to worry about and now an even larger family of all my employees to consider,

The color goes from black, which is absolutely great, and liquid colors, to pastels, to chinos and neutrals, to an incredible group of citrus colors: oranges, yellows, greens, and just an explosion.