You're always with yourself, so you might as well enjoy the company.
Interpretation
Embrace and appreciate your own presence and self-worth.
Diane Von Furstenberg's quote emphasizes the importance of self-acceptance and self-enjoyment. Since we are our own constant companions throughout life, finding joy and comfort within ourselves is essential for a fulfilling life. This idea advocates for fostering a positive relationship with oneself, which ultimately enhances overall happiness and personal well-being.
In practice
During a motivational speech about self-love and happiness.
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.
A challenging economy is always good for design. It unites necessity and functionality. You are forced to be creative with poor materials.
I design for the woman who loves being a woman.
Keep smiling, because life is a beautiful thing and there's so much to smile about.
Employment is nature's physician, and is essential to human happiness.
The disturbers of our happiness, in this world, are our desires, our griefs, and our fears.
If you want to be happy, try only to please God, not people.
A good life happens when you stop and are grateful for the ordinary moments that so many of us just steamroll over to try to find those extraordinary moments.
Joy is a marvelous increasing of what exists, a pure addition out of nothingness.
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