When a woman becomes her own best friend life is easier.
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes the importance of self-love and companionship with oneself for a simpler and more fulfilling life.
Diane Von Furstenberg highlights the transformative power of self-acceptance and friendship with oneself. When a woman learns to appreciate and support herself like a true friend, she can navigate life's challenges more easily, leading to greater happiness and resilience.
In practice
During a women's empowerment seminar, this quote could inspire attendees to prioritize self-care.
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.
Here is the world. Beautiful and terrible things will happen. Don't be afraid.
The good life is not an amount; it's an attitude, an act, an idea, a discovery, a search.
Go forth into the busy world and love it. Interest yourself in its life, mingle kindly with its joys and sorrows.
Movement is life. Life is a process. Improve the quality of the process and you improve the quality of life itself.
I'm just doing the best I can now to keep this going... trying to grow up and remain young at the same time.
Life isn't a matter of milestones, but of moments.
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