Betsey Johnson Quotes

A piece of fabric can get me going.

I've always made my own clothes since I was a little girl. I was a terrible sewer, but I was always cutting and customising.

My mother was a seamstress, so making clothes was not something you would willingly go into.

'Mad Fashion' follows the everyday workings of me and my workshop, where we make fashion, costumes, props, and couture!

My mom was a seamstress, and I wish I'd learned to sew because I'm obsessed with 'Project Runway!'

I want to spend my time between the creation of ideas and the creation of things.

Yesterday morning I amused myself with an exercise of a talent I once possessed, but have so neglected that my performance might almost be called an experiment. I cut out a dress for one of the women.

I don't design my own clothes. It's so not what I think about.

From about eight years old I was always making things on the sewing machine. Friends would see me making dresses and costumes, and I'd use difficult fabrics such as Lycra and elastic. But you know, my dad was creative and my brother is inventive too.

I design some of my own clothes now.

I love draping; it's less about proportion than fit and the fabric. It's very specialized and I think when women see the construction, they respond to it immediately.

I'm ready to create.

One thing I learned is how much easier it is to write about clothes than it is to make them.

With imagination and personal creativity, people who sew can design the way they look to suit themselves.

Textiles embody all the dimensions of art: color, innovation, talent.

Making your own clothes is great - but don't make everything, or I'll be out of a job!

Talent works, genius creates.

I do things like hem a pair of pants, I do my own tailoring but I wouldn't attempt a jacket.

Just keep thinking about the good side of ADD - the creativity and the originality it can stimulate.

Nothing in the world can be more exciting than to create something and see it work.

I think that anything that leads to creativity and good work is good.

I love the creative process. That's always been the closest thing to my heart, creating something.

I have a good idea every two years. Give me a topic, I will give you the idea!

I have to say, I grew up with fashion because my mother was a seamstress, and she had an atelier. She would cut the first pattern, and then she had people working for her. So I grew up in an atelier, watching people all around me sewing. I was fascinated.

I'm a little bit of a fabric lunatic.