I don't like to talk about my dreams. I like to make them happen. I prefer to talk about them when they're done.
Interpretation
This quote emphasizes the importance of taking action to achieve one's dreams rather than just discussing them.
Diane Von Furstenberg expresses a proactive approach to realizing dreams by focusing on action instead of mere conversation. She suggests that discussing dreams before they are fulfilled may detract from the effort needed to achieve them, and she prefers to share her successes only after they have been accomplished, highlighting the value of results over aspirations.
In practice
Using this quote in a motivational speech to encourage students to take action towards their goals.
There's design, and there's art. Good design is total harmony. There's no better designer than nature - if you look at a branch or a leaf, it's perfect. It's all function. Art is different. It's about emotion. It's about suffering and beauty - but mostly suffering!
The little black dress is the true friend...she travels with you...is patient and constant...you go to her when you don't know where else to go and she is ALWAYS reliable and timeless.
One of the most important things about fashion is to dress as well as you can, look as attractive as you can, and at the same time be comfortable with yourself. Be easy about your clothes; forget about them.
All women are strong. My mother survived Auschwitz, and fear wasn't an option when we were growing up. If we were afraid of the dark, we were put into the closet until we weren't.
You're always with yourself, so you might as well enjoy the company.
A challenging economy is always good for design. It unites necessity and functionality. You are forced to be creative with poor materials.
He who risks and fails can be forgiven. He who never risks and never fails is a failure in his whole being.
Don't lower your expectations to meet your performance. Raise your level of performance to meet your expectations. Expect the best of yourself, and then do what is necessary to make it a reality.
We thought I was going to be a great athlete, and we were wrong, and I thought I was going to be a great entertainer, and that wasn't it either. I'm going to be an American Citizen. First class.
You are important enough to ask and you are blessed enough to receive back.
Never tell a young person that anything cannot be done. God may have been waiting centuries for someone ignorant enough of the impossible to do that very thing.
My father left his piano at the house when he left, and I wasn't allowed to play it when he was there because I wasn't as good as him. So when he left, I was determined to get as good as him, and I taught myself how to play music, and I just stuck with it, and I did it all the time.
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