Gloria Vanderbilt

“I've always believed that one woman's success can only help another woman's success.”

“Decorating is autobiography.”

“You must have a room, or a certain hour of the day... where you don’t know what was in the newspapers that morning... a place where you can simply experience and bring forth what you are and what you might be.”

“I'm not knocking inherited money, but the money I've made has a different kind of savor to it.”

“It's a perplexing and extraordinary thing to be alive.”

“I'm always in love.”

“You have to be relentless. You have to not take no for an answer. You have to believe in yourself.”

“I don't think of myself as a poor little rich girl. I think of myself as somebody who has had a lot of luck and a lot of privilege, but also has had a lot of tragedy.”

“I am a feminist, and I have been for as long as I can remember.”

“What I love about my work is the opportunity to create a world.”

“I think you must be daring and do things that are not what is expected.”

“I do take my work seriously, and I am very disciplined.”

“I've had many, many loves. I always feel that something is wrong if I'm not in love.”

“Success is what you do with your ability. It's how you use your talent.”

“My life has been a tapestry of rich and royal hue, an everlasting vision of the ever-changing view.”