I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do.

Leonardo da Vinci

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If I can have any impact, I want women to feel good about themselves and have fun with fashion.

Let go of your need for comfort and security. Creative endeavors are by their nature uncertain.

There's a tremendous bias against taking risks. Everyone is trying to optimize their ass-covering.

In order to create you have to believe in your ability to do so and that often means excluding whole chunks of normal life, and, of course, pumping yourself up as much as possible as a way of keeping on. Sort of cheering for yourself in the great football stadium of life.

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