You don't have that much choice in your life, which is one of the big lessons I've learned. I was going to be a designer whether I wanted to be a designer or not.

- Donna Karan

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

- Donna Karan

I always thought what you wore underneath was as important as what you wear on top.

- Donna Karan

I give Reiki, which is energy, but I don't tell too many people that.

- Donna Karan

I'm really quite simple.

- Donna Karan

I'm truly, truly boring! I don't change. If people know me, I have not changed.

- Donna Karan

If it's a regular day, I won't wear any makeup, just leave my hair down and head out to the car.

- Donna Karan

It used to be only yoga, but now I do Pilates as well; I feel like I need the balance.

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When I started Donna Karan, people weren't really accepting the idea of the working woman.

- Donna Karan

I'm a nature bug.

- Donna Karan

I always thought I should have been a better mother.

- Donna Karan

When I first started designing, all women were dressed like men, and I said, 'Hey, guys, let's be women, put the two together - it's not either/or. Let's celebrate our bodies. Our bodies are different.'

- Donna Karan

To me, design and style should work toward making you look good and feel good without a lot of effort - so you can get on with the things that matter.

- Donna Karan

I design from instinct. It's the only way I know how to live. What feels good. What feels right. What is needed. Give me a problem and I will approach it creatively, from my gut.

- Donna Karan

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

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I wouldn't be who I am without my husband, who handled the business end of Donna Karan so I could be creative.

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I truly believe that philanthropy and commerce can work together.

- Donna Karan

I start my day with a mind, body, soul practice - yoga, Pilates or meditation.

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I live for what I haven't done.

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Everything comes out of what works for me.

- Donna Karan