The essence of strategy is choosing what not to do.

I want my work to be open to interpretation.

Quality should never be compromised, even in the face of challenges.

Morality binds and blinds. It binds us into ideological teams that fight each other as though the fate of the world depended on our side winning each battle. It blinds us to the fact that each team is composed of good people who have something important to say.

And, after all, what is a fashion? From the artistic point of view, it is usually a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months.Literary and Other Notes I, Woman’s World （November 1887）

Your self-worth is determined by you. You don't have to depend on someone telling you who you are.