Donna Karan

“Delete the negative; accentuate the positive!”

“I always thought I should have been a better mother.”

“My daughter Gabby very kindly once said that she thinks I was a better mother because I was doing a job I loved. I now think guilt is a universal part of being a mother. I used to think it w...”

“I really feel that we need to scale back and get to what is important on so many levels.”

“I think I was a nomad in another life.”

“Scheduling me is not easy, as most people know, because once I start, I don't stop.”

“My mother was a working woman, and I was alone a lot. So I wanted to be a stay-at-home mom.”

“Originally, back in 1992, DKNY started because I couldn't find a pair of jeans. I also wanted to dress my teenage daughter Gabby. So it was the perfect street wardrobe: jeans, anoraks, jumps...”

“I love building spaces: architecture, furniture, all of it, probably more than fashion. The development procedure is more tactile. It's about space and form and it's something you can share...”