Quotes by Donna Karan

“Today, fashion is really about sensuality - how a woman feels on the inside. In the eighties 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 love building spaces: architecture, furniture, all of it, probably more than fashion. The development procedure is more tactile. Its about space and form and its something you can share with other people.”

“Accent your positive and delete your negative.”

“Theyre very grounding kinds of shoes, and sexy at the same time.”

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

“For me, starting each collection is always about what I really want, what I really need, and I was personally dying for sensual comfort. I think when you think of Donna Karan, you think of sensuality, but its a different kind of sensuality. A kind of comfort sensuality that is one with your body and the way clothes feel (when theyre) on.”

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

“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.”

“Theres nothing in it, so it creates this rustling kind of effect.”

Age and size are only numbers. Its the attitude you bring to clothes that make the difference.

I love building spaces: architecture, furniture, all of it, probably more than fashion. The development procedure is more tactile. Its about space and form and its something you can share with other people.

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

Ive always been about the power of a woman - accentuating the positive, deleting the negative, whether youre talking her body, her voice or her leadership.

Delete the negative accentuate the positive!

Design is a constant challenge to balance comfort with luxe, the practical with the desirable.

I design from instinct. Its the only way I know how to live. What feels good. What feels right. What is needed. Give me a problem and I will approach it creatively, from my gut.

To me, design and style should work toward making you look good and feel good without a lot of effort - so you can get on with the things that matter.

Design and style should work toward making you look good and feel good without a lot of effort so you can get on with the things that matter.