Diane von Furstenberg Quotes About Mothers

Quotes about: Mothers

• All women are strong. My mother survived Auschwitz, and fear wasn't an option when we were growing up. If we were afraid of the dark, we were put into the closet until we weren't.

  Diane von Furstenberg

  Mother, Strong, Growing Up

• Eighteen months before I was born, my mother was in Auschwitz. She weighed 49 pounds. She always told me that God saved her so she could give me life. I was born out of nothing.

  Diane von Furstenberg

  Mother, Giving, Months

• I am not allowed to be afraid. My mother made me like that. As a child, if I was afraid of the dark, she would lock me in the closet. Things like this. And she would talk about the time she spent in the concentration camp, but not about being afraid, only about the good side of it.

  Diane von Furstenberg

  Mother, Children, Dark

  "It's a wrap". Interview with Polly Vernon, www.theguardian.com. April 9, 2006.

• I'm not the only one; most people's mothers are the most influential person in their life. But my mother survived the camps, and she was very strong. She made me strong, but she wanted me to be strong. That's more important.

  Diane von Furstenberg

  Inspiring, Mother, Strong

  "Diane von Furstenberg: Unwrapped". Interview with Anamaria Wilson, www.harpersbazaar.com. September 14, 2009.

• When I was a little girl, if I didn't eat my soup, my mother would say, 'You have to think of all the Chinese children who have nothing to eat.' But now, for my children, Chinese people make everything, and for my grandchildren, they buy everything.

  Diane von Furstenberg

  Girl, Mother, Children

  "DVF Up Close". Interview with Chuck Close, www.harpersbazaar.com. March 31, 2011.

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