“When you have a passion for something then you tend not only to be better at it, but you work harder at it too.”

“I'm a late riser by my family's standards. Sleeping is a luxury because since I was young, I woke up very early to go ice-skating. So I'm really not a morning girl.”

“I do speak Mandarin, and I also relate to the hunger that China has for culture and architecture and style.”

“When I design a wedding dress with a bustle, it has to be one the bride can dance in. I love the idea that something is practical and still looks great.”

“I love to design things that people can actually buy. I'm staggered by what a boot costs today.”

“My closet is organized by tops, pants, and outerwear, but not a lot of dresses. Gowns are in another room because I don't often dress formally, even though I design gowns. Like most designers, I ha...”

“The visual architecture of 'Biutiful' is the most sophisticated of all the films I have directed.”

“Design must be functional, and functionality must be translated into visual aesthetics without any reliance on gimmicks that have to be explained.”

“I have a visual imagination.”

“When I think of New York City, I think of all the girls, the Jewish girls, the Italian girls, the Irish, Polack, Chinese, German, Negro, Spanish, Russian girls, all on parade in the city. I don't k...”

“I'm older now, I'm a man getting near middle age, putting on a little fat and I still love to walk along Fifth Avenue at three o'clock on the east side of the street between Fiftieth and Fifty-seve...”

“Over the years I have learned that what is important in a dress is the woman who is wearing it.”