Betsey Johnson's Quotes

Hard times always lead to something great.

A good use for me is to let me go away with my sewing machine and come back with some really new stuff.

With over 3 million women battling breast cancer today, everywhere you turn there is a mother, daughter, sister, or friend who has been affected by breast cancer.

Real success is being totally indulgent about your own trip. You put your blinders on about the garbage and go full speed ahead.

You have to hold onto your fantasy.

I couldn't live if I wasn't a designer.

I'm not the type of person who dwells too much on bad things.

There is an excitement about having nightmares.

I don't like to have time on my wall; it's too-in-your-face.

I used to design for my body, which was flat-chested with big hips. That's why my clothes were tight on top with full skirts.

I was a cheerleader for nine years!

I was always dancing and acrobatics was my specialty.

If a girl comes to me first for a prom or a bar mitzvah and she likes the way she looks and her boyfriend likes the way she looks, she'll come back.

If it hadn't been for the rise of the working woman's wardrobe, I never would have found the time to sneak a kid in.

In the 60's there was a look. In the 70's there was a look, and in the 80's. Now, it's a free-for-all.

My customer isn't wrapped up in labels and money.

I hate to say it, but the truth is that the upscale line is where I get respect as a designer. The higher the price range, the higher the respect level from the industry, even though it's much easier to make a great $500 dress than a great $100 dress.

Just to see what a pink dress can mean to a woman, any woman, but a disabled woman, that's extra special and thrilling because they shouldn't be separated and their disabilities don't have to separate them in anyway.

My husband was just OK looking. I was in labor and I said to him, 'What if she's ugly? You're ugly.'

Everyone should have enough money to get plastic surgery.