I.M. Quotes

“Riding the subway home felt like floating in a bubble. It was a small, encouraging sample of the freedom that existed when I was left to my own wits in New York City. I knew from that experience that if I could get away, I could give myself what really mattered, and I wouldn’t need anyone’s help. From that day forward I knew I could take care of myself.”
― Isaac Mizrahi, I: A Memoir

“This, I think, is what occurs when a woman sees a shoe or bag or hat that she feels she must have. She doesn’t think, Oh my god, I wish that were me. She thinks, Oh my god, that is so me. She doesn’t want it because she’s aspiring to be someone she’s not; she wants it because she already feels like that woman on the inside.”
― Isaac Mizrahi, I: A Memoir