“I hate the idea that you shouldn't wear something just because you're ...” — Miuccia Prada Quote

I hate the idea that you shouldn't wear something just because you're a certain age.

I was a communist, but being left-wing was fashionable. I was no different from thousands of middle-class kids.

I have to say that my husband and my children are so tough, there really is no space for pretension.

I had no fun. My family was too serious.

I don't believe that anyone is not bothered by critics. I think that everybody cares.

Our uniqueness makes us special, makes perception valuable - but it can also make us lonely. This loneliness is different from being 'alone': You can be lonely even surrounded by people. The feeling I'm talking about stems from the sense that we can never fully share the truth of who we are. I experienced this acutely at an early age.

We in middle age require adventure.

Old age, believe me, is a good and pleasant thing. It is true you are gently shouldered off the stage, but then you are given such a comfortable front stall as spectator.

Your child probably won't get into the Ivy League or win a sports scholarship. At age 24, he might be back in his childhood bedroom, in debt, after a mediocre college career. Raise him so that, if that happens, it will still have been worth it.