Top 100 Donna Karan Quotes
#1. 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.
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#2. If I weren't doing what I'm doing today ... I'd be traveling around the world on the back of a motorcycle.
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#4. 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.
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#5. 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.
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#6. I look in my closet, and if I need it, I design it.
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#7. You don't have that much choice in your life, which is one of the big lessons I've learned. I was going to be a designer whether I wanted to be a designer or not.
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#8. I think we're on a journey ... It was very easy to write about my past in my book, but writing about the present is all a new chapter. I hope that people find this journey fascinating, informative and educational.
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#9. Its all about finding the calm in the chaos.
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#10. 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.
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#11. 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.
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#12. That's a journey I've been on for many years. I mean, being a working mother, realizing that I have to make and find my balance.
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#13. I start my day with a mind, body, soul practice - yoga, Pilates or meditation.
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#14. I believe Hillary [Clinton] should be the president. I believe having her and her husband in the White House is what the country needs .
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#15. 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.
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#16. I'm not as obsessive-compulsive about certain things; I give a lot of latitude to people and support people. I know that I can't do it myself and that you're only as good as the people you have behind you.
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#17. Business, numbers, negotiations, all that stuff I wouldn't go near.
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#18. I've always been about the power of a woman - accentuating the positive, deleting the negative, whether you're talking her body, her voice or her leadership.
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#19. I spent two weeks at the Sadhguru's [Jaggi Vasudev]. It was a wonderful experience. It was very different from what I normally do - earlier I used to do Ashtanga [yoga] all the time.
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#20. I couldn't stand the fact that anybody else was dressing like me. It was supposed to be for me and my friends, not my daughter and her friends!
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#21. I'm truly, truly boring! I don't change. If people know me, I have not changed.
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#22. I love Thieves, it is therapeutic, if you're not feeling well. It has a very strong scent but is quite wonderful. I also use lavender. Peppermint, when my stomach is upset.
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#23. I always thought what you wore underneath was as important as what you wear on top.
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#24. Age and size are only numbers. It's the attitude you bring to clothes that make the difference.
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#25. I must say that the more you give, the more you get. Being able to find solutions, to help other people is extremely gratifying.
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#26. I never see one woman when I design, it's always a universe of women
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#27. I think I was always inspired by seeing a problem, and finding a solution.
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#28. 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
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#29. Scheduling me is not easy, as most people know, because once I start, I don't stop.
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#30. I'm very involved with Pilates as well; you have to be careful. I can't do headstands any more, I have a neck and a spinal problem, but I used to do it.
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#31. I design from instinct. It's 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.
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#32. 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.
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#33. There was a time when we would pick up Women's Wear Daily and couldn't wait to see what it read. And now, you get it five minutes later on your iPad or your phone! The same has to apply to fashion.
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#34. 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.
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#35. Basically, I was a hippie and still am a flower child.
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#36. Every woman has the power to seduce the world with her
uniqueness, passion and creativity.
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#37. When I first started designing, all women were dressed like men, and I said, 'Hey, guys, let's be women, put the two together - it's not either/or. Let's celebrate our bodies. Our bodies are different.'
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#38. For me, the soul is connected to a higher being. It's not about religion; it's about connecting to your true self - your truth, the truth inside of you, the one you were born with.
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#39. I realized I needed to address people, not just dress them.
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#40. Accent your positive and delete your negative.
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#41. When I go to Bali, when I come to India and travel and see different cultures. I make sure I'm involved in the world out there, creatively, culturally.
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#42. 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.
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#43. Everything in life ... has to have balance.
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#44. 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.
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#45. Fragrance is the first layer of dressing, a woman's invisible body suit.
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#46. I love skiing, I love the sun, I love my children, I love my grandchildren, I love my family and friends ... and whatever I haven't done.
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#47. I was so overwhelmed by India when I first came - it still inspires me because I still go for the culture, I still go for the colors.
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#48. Now the industry is looking at the change in a very real way - to find ways of talking to the consumer much faster. Everything we have is changing with communication - from fashion to newspapers.
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#49. [The consumer] shown new styles in the moment, but she's not going to get them for another six months - and I think that's very confusing for her. She feels she's seen it all by the time it comes around. She's also a little bored. She's really into [snaps her fingers],"Wear-now-buy-now."
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#50. My favorite journey is anywhere I haven't been
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#51. I feel very strongly about dresses on every level - a dress feels like underpinning.
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#52. It's really easy to get colors right. It's really hard to get black - and neutrals - right. Black is certainly a color but it's also an illusion.
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#53. Women should always take care of themselves first. It makes you more equipped to take care of others.
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#54. Sometimes it takes a germ of an idea, which takes a long time to digest.
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#55. I give Reiki, which is energy, but I don't tell too many people that.
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#56. 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.
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#57. I've been away and haven't seen my family. I speak to them every day though. I miss them, but I love traveling.
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#58. 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.
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#59. When I see a non-yogi [benefit], that's when it really affects my life.
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#60. I always thought I should have been a better mother.
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#61. I really feel that we need to scale back and get to what is important on so many levels.
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#62. I think Calvin [Klein] is a minimalist.
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#63. 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.
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#64. The most important thing any woman can do is promote her inner well-being
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#65. Everything I do is a matter of heart, body and soul.
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#66. We've come a long way. Power dressing now is designed to let the woman inside us come through.
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#67. 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.
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#68. I think I was a nomad in another life.
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#70. I'm not a fan of Donald Trump. To be perfectly honest, I don't think violence is the answer to anything and I think, hopefully, she [Hillary Clinton] will be our president.
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#71. A fashion victim is dressed in designer clothes from top to bottom.
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#72. You have to keep your eyes and heart open
there are always new things to discover, new problems to solve.
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#73. 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 ...
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#74. It used to be only yoga, but now I do Pilates as well; I feel like I need the balance.
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#75. I love building spaces: architecture, furniture, all of it, probably more than fashion. The development procedure is more tactile. It's about space and form and it's something you can share with other people.
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#76. My mother was a working woman, and I was alone a lot. So I wanted to be a stay-at-home mom.
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#77. If it's a regular day, I won't wear any makeup, just leave my hair down and head out to the car.
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#78. 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.
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#79. I love working in the markets, I love working with fabric. So I'm not that conditioned to one thing.
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#80. I'm more eclectic.Maybe I'm minimalist in the respect that I love black ... black for the winter, white for the summer, you know? But I love artisanal things.
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#81. I would love to work with the artisans and take it to another dimension, the same way I did in Haiti.
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#82. Everything comes out of what works for me.
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#83. 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.
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#84. 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.
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#86. 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.
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#87. I don't feel burdened, but I do feel a little frustrated. Because I see the problem, and I can see the solution - but there are two strongly different points of view on this - like the Republicans and Democrats.
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#88. I wanted to create something that would live on forever, beyond my time, and out of that came Cashmere Mist.
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#89. I wouldn't be who I am without my husband, who handled the business end of Donna Karan so I could be creative.
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#90. I do not believe I can no longer dress people, but it's more about dressing their insides. Everyone is affected by healthcare. Everyone is affected by education. And for me, a personal inspiration is the preservation of culture.
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#91. I always need a support team, even at Donna Karan. I like collaborating. There is something in collaboration that is wonderful.
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#92. Evening is a time of real experimentation. You never want to look the same way.
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#93. Delete the negative; accentuate the positive!
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#94. I couldn't live without something that touches my heart. No one should.
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#95. I believe in comfort. If you don't feel comfortable in your clothes, it's hard to think of anything else.
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#96. I celebrate my people a lot and that's why people stay with me as long as they do.
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#97. Every problem has a creative solution.
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#98. My spiritual connection is about embracing everything around me. We're all the same. There are no boundaries ...
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#99. I'd rather promote New York than anything else in this world because New York to me means the world.
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#100. I love to play, I love to dance, I love to party ... I'm a liver. I think what I need to learn is how to find the calmness, the centeredness.
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