Donna Karan quotes: wise famous quotes, sayings and quotations by Donna Karan

I always thought what you wore underneath was as important as what you wear on top.

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

Women should always take care of themselves first. It makes you more equipped to take care of others.

I've been away and haven't seen my family. I speak to them every day though. I miss them, but I love traveling.

When I started Donna Karan, people weren't really accepting the idea of the working woman.

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

I always thought I should have been a better mother.

I live for what I haven't done.

I'm a nature bug.

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.

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

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

I would love to work with the artisans and take it to another dimension, the same way I did in Haiti.

Just take a breath and see what happens.

Its all about finding the calm in the chaos.

I celebrate my people a lot and that's why people stay with me as long as they do.

I wouldn't be who I am without my husband, who handled the business end of Donna Karan so I could be creative.

Scheduling me is not easy, as most people know, because once I start, I don't stop.

My favorite journey is anywhere I haven't been

Donna Karan quotes: 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.

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.

I love working in the markets, I love working with fabric. So I'm not that conditioned to one thing.

Accent your positive and delete your negative.

When I see a non-yogi [benefit], that's when it really affects my life.

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

I'd rather promote New York than anything else in this world because New York to me means the world.

I feel very strongly about dresses on every level - a dress feels like underpinning.

Sometimes it takes a germ of an idea, which takes a long time to digest.

Everything comes out of what works for me.

I truly believe that philanthropy and commerce can work together.

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

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.

I give Reiki, which is energy, but I don't tell too many people that.

Delete the negative; accentuate the positive!

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

Donna Karan quotes: 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.

Business, numbers, negotiations, all that stuff I wouldn't go near.

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

My biggest faux pas is not giving time for myself.

I look in my closet, and if I need it, I design it.

I really feel that we need to scale back and get to what is important on so many levels.

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

I think I was a nomad in another life.

Donna Karan quotes: 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 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.

If it's a regular day, I won't wear any makeup, just leave my hair down and head out to the car.

Every problem has a creative solution.

Donna Karan quotes: I believe Hillary [Clinton] should be the president. I believe having her and her husband in the White House is what the country needs .

I believe Hillary [Clinton] should be the president. I believe having her and her husband in the White House is what the country needs .

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.

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

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

My spiritual connection is about embracing everything around me. We're all the same. There are no boundaries ...

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

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.

I'm really quite simple.

I must say that the more you give, the more you get. Being able to find solutions, to help other people is extremely gratifying.

My mother was a working woman, and I was alone a lot. So I wanted to be a stay-at-home mom.

Everything I do is a matter of heart, body and soul.

I always need a support team, even at Donna Karan. I like collaborating. There is something in collaboration that is wonderful.

It used to be only yoga, but now I do Pilates as well; I feel like I need the balance.

I start my day with a mind, body, soul practice - yoga, Pilates or meditation.

I believe in comfort. If you don't feel comfortable in your clothes, it's hard to think of anything else.

We've come a long way. Power dressing now is designed to let the woman inside us come through.

I think Calvin [Klein] is a minimalist.

Everything in life ... has to have balance.

Basically, I was a hippie and still am a flower child.

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

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

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.

I'm truly, truly boring! I don't change. If people know me, I have not changed.

If I weren't doing what I'm doing today ... I'd be traveling around the world on the back of a motorcycle.

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

Donna Karan quotes: 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!

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!

Donna Karan quotes: 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

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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