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.
There is no more fatal blunderer than he who consumes the greater part of his life getting his living.
If you want to be unhappy, uncomfortable, and insecure, just spend your life trying to do something that is not right for you. It is just like trying to wear shoes that don't fit.
The pursuit of your life is to come into [your] purpose. And the waste of your life is to miss that purpose.
No one knows my Struggle, they only see the Trouble. Not knowing it's hard to carry on when, No one loves you.
Life appears to me too short to be spent in nursing animosity, or registering wrongs.
Live a vital life. If you live well, you will earn well. If you live well, it will show in your face; it will show in the texture of your voice. There will be something unique and magical about you if you live well. It will infuse not only your personal life but also your business life. And it will give you a vitality nothing else can give.
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