Donna Karan's Quotes

Delete the negative; accentuate the positive!

Evening is a time of real experimentation. You never want to look the same way.

I'd rather promote New York than anything else in this world because New York to me means the world.

Accent your positive and delete your negative.

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 with other people.

Design is a constant challenge to balance comfort with luxe, the practical with the desirable.

I feel very strongly about dresses on every level - a dress feels like underpinning.

Everything I do is a matter of heart, body and soul.

Everything in life... has to have balance.

It's really easy to get colors right. It's really hard to get black - and neutrals - right. Black is certainly a color but it's also an illusion.

We've come a long way. Power dressing now is designed to let the woman inside us come through.