Diane von Furstenberg Quotes

It seems that different people have an idea of what I am, and what I should be. And then there's me.

I know who I am by now. And I am my own brand.

When you have a lot of people telling you what you are and perceiving you in a certain way, it's difficult to find your own identity.

I am an actor, and not a clothes hanger. I am more than just my clothes.

Style comes from knowing who you are and who you want to be in the world; it does not come from wanting to be somebody else, or wanting to be thinner, shorter, taller, prettier.

We prefer to go deformed and distorted all our lives rather than not resemble the portrait of ourselves which we ourselves have first drawn. It’s absurd. We run the risk of warping what’s best in us

Identity in the form of continuity of personality is an extremely important characteristic of the individual.

It's so much easier to know who you are when there aren't a thousand people telling you who they think you are.

You don't have to look like George Clooney. You just have to know yourself.

It's important to find what really suits who you are, because style isn't only what you wear, it's what you project.

It's not hard to keep up the image we chose. It's not hard to stay yourselves.

If I were but a man who would be tall, I would be me.

Your appearance shouldn't define who you are, and that's what I like, the contrast between people looking like the opposite of what they truly are deep inside.

I simply did not want my face to be my talent.

I've always been very conscious of who I am.

I'm really not sure what people think or expect me to be, but I am surprised when people say, 'You're not supposed to be like that... ' I'm not exactly sure what 'that' is, so I choose to take it as a compliment.

I don't know what else I would be if I wasn't me. I am not looking from the outside, looking back. I am who I am.

I bring all of myself to my roles. You only see me. You don't see anything else but me. That is who's there. They're manifestations of my own self.

I wasn't that hard. I wasn't that tough. I wasn't that funny - I looked like me.

I don't need much of a character in my life. I've already got one; my family knows who I am, and I don't have a reason to make an impression on the world around me unless it's in a professional context. Acting is not a personal experience; it's a job.

I love tennis. But even if I become the greatest of all time, I still don't only want to be defined by tennis. I'm my own person. And I want to be remembered as I really am.

I don't think about my look that much, to be honest. It's what I've always known, it's what I've grown up with, and I wouldn't ever want to step too far away from my most authentic self.

I don't feel like I'm a character; I certainly don't feel like I'm a gimmick. I am who I am.

I've been working on the way my originality, my body, my face, my original form is perceived by me.

You have to be somebody before you can share yourself.