Anna Wintour Quotes

It’s always about timing. If it’s too soon, no one understands. If it’s too late, everyone’s forgotten.

I'm interested in seeing just the girl on the street because she is unlike any other. I'm inspired by whatever it is she might be wearing.

If you can't be better than your competition, just dress better.

People respond well to those that are sure of what they want.

If you look at any great fashion photograph out of context, it will tell you just as much about what's going on in the world as a headline in the New York Times.

The best way to make dream come true is to wake up.

You either know fashion or you don't.

There is something about fashion that can make people really nervous.

Fashion is not beautiful, neither is it ugly. Why should it be either? Fashion is fashion.

You can’t really worry too much…about what the competition is doing or what other people in your field are doing. It has to be a true vision.

Everyone should be sacked at least once in their career because perfection doesn't exist. It's important to have setbacks, because that is the reality of life.

Fashion goes in only one direction -forward- and I am a firm believer in thinking that way too.

It's the mishaps that make it fun, and brings you the surprise.

Even if I'm completely unsure, I'll pretend I know exactly what I'm talking about and make a decision.

The Trump Card is appealing, grounded, smart, and has a sense of humor. Ivanka Trump proves that believing in yourself and working hard never go out of style.

There's a new kind of woman out there…She doesn't have time to shop anymore. She wants to know what and why and where and how.

Some people have the Bible. I have Vogue.

To be in Vogue has to mean something

I've never taken a selfie and I don't plan to start now.

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

It's important for young women and men coming out of the fashion schools to think seriously before starting their own collections.

I don't really follow market research. In the end, I respond to my own instincts.

In the end I do respond to my own instincts. Sometimes they're successful, and obviously sometimes they're not. But you have to, I think, remain true to what you believe in.

I’m very driven by what I do. I am certainly very competitive. I like people who represent the best at what they do. If that turns you into a perfectionist then maybe I am.

I'm an ice queen, I'm the Sun King, I'm an alien fleeing from District 9 and I'm a dominatrix. So I reckon that makes me a lukewarm royalty with a whip from outer space.

I surround myself with a talented group of people that are opinionated and interesting. I try to remain very open to what others have to say.

Gisele Bundchen is a bit of a jock. 1 of my fave shoots is her playing football

I don't think of myself as a powerful person.

When I hear a company is being run by a team, my heart sinks, because you need to have that leader with a vision and heart that can move things forward.

Fashion's not about looking back. It's always about looking forward.

There's always a way to wear fur.

Vogue' is the best of everything that fashion can offer, and I think we point the way. We are, you know, a glamorous girlfriend.

It's not so much about powerful women. In some cases, there are stereotypes about women. I often don't hear men talked about in the same way. It's more a sexist stereotype than a powerful stereotype.

[The democratization of luxury] means more people are going to get better fashion. And the more people who can have fashion, the better.

One wants to be surprised.

The notion that a contemporary woman must look mannish in order to be taken seriously as a seeker of power is frankly dismaying. This is America, not Saudi Arabia.

One should look forward rather than backwards.

I worked for Harper’s Bazaar. They fired me. I recommend that you all get fired; it’s a great learning experience.

Well it just looks so ugly. Is it a boy or is it a girl?

The notion that Anna would want something done "now" and not "shortly" is accurate.

I don’t like people who are late.

Gisele Bundchen, along w Kate Moss, is a phenomenon. I wish models knew they have to have a personality

It is a family; it's a slightly dysfunctional family, but it's also very close and warm and loving family.

Tears? Are you going for a Barbara Walters moment?

The gossip might make better reading, but the simple fact of the matter is that it isn't true.

They (fashion editors) have always been our secret weapon.

Models today, she explained, don't understand that to be successful you have to have a personality, intelligence, and issues that you support, and Gisele embodies these qualities.

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

I'd just been on a trip to Minnesota, where I can only kindly describe most of the people I saw as little houses.

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