Anna Wintour Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“I never pay any attention. I'm sure it's not such a good way to be, but I don't really follow market research.”

“I wasn't academically successful. And maybe I've spent a lot of my career trying to make up for that.”

“The Fashion Fund celebrates the real passion that underlies the fashion business, not the frothy world of glamour and celebrity that so often surrounds it.”

“If one comes across sometimes as being cold or brusque, it's simply because I'm striving for the best.”

“My father was a newspaper editor, so I was surrounded by journalists my entire life. I think the fact that he was so well known may be why I chose to go into magazines and move to the States at a young age.”

“I went to Wimbledon before I could walk. It's just been a lifelong passion.”

“I'm horribly hands-on, I'm afraid. I like to read every caption.”

“By the time I came to the States, I really understood how a magazine works. I came to 'Vogue' as creative director, and three years later I went back to London to be editor in chief of British 'Vogue.'”

“It's very important to me that I look good when I go out publicly. I like looking at my clothes rack in the morning and deciding what to pick out. I enjoy fashion.”

“I like having young assistants in my office; they have energy, and I spend time with them to make sure they understand what we're doing. By investing in them, I'm investing in the magazine. All over 'Vogue,' 'Teen Vogue,' and 'Men's Vogue,' there are people who have been through not only my office but also many other offices at 'Vogue.'”