Dr. An Wang Quotes

My friends always joke that I run on batteries.

My normal routine is pretty much putting out fires all day.

I brought color to bridal. There was one whole season of blush. If you think about the bareness, the illusion (fabric), the corsets that I did in bridal, they were trends in ready-to-wear, too.

All I did my first year at Vogue was Xerox.

Investing in Chicago property is just Wandas first move into the U.S. real estate market.

A traveler s thoughts in the night Wander in a thousand miles of dreams.

All those years of skating and dancing have carried over. I can't design anything without thinking of how a woman's body will look and move when she's wearing it.

I don’t think success is a place or a definition, I think it’s a direction.

I am an owner who prefers to stay behind the scenes and allow my staff to do what they do best.

The way a dancer can bring the crowd to its feet with a drawn-out, well-executed pirouette is the excitement I wanted to capture with this design.

I started at the very highest level so the upper end is something I know very well. I know it instinctively. But all the years I was designing, it frustrated me that I could reach so few women.

Sprigs of plum by the corner of the wall Are blooming alone in the cold; If not for the subtle fragrance drifting over Who could tell this from snow on the boughs.

The autumn hill gathers the remaining light, A flying bird chases after its companion. The green color is bright And brings me into the moment, like a sunset mist that has no fixed place.

All my closest friends are the ones I made while in college or who knew me growing up. They keep me grounded, and I adore that about them.

I thought I would attend school and get an assistant position and work my way up but being in NY and seeing the pace of everything, is very inspiring.

I was so happy when I found out I had been drafted by the Yankees. Growing up in Taiwan, I had heard so much about the Yankees but had never even seen them on TV.

I am not the sort of woman who would wear high heels with a bathing suit. Let's get that straight right now.

I wanted to breathe new life into the timeless trend of past, present and future. These unique designs celebrate the bride and groom's passage through their new life together.

Brides today are increasingly sensitive to the tastes, feelings and finances of their attendants.

How could sufferings be relieved through purification? To know the Path is to get lost at the ford. Indeed, sickness comes from worldly love And poverty begins with the pursuit of greed.

Markets change, tastes change, so the companies and the individuals who choose to compete in those markets must change.

I do speak Mandarin, and I also relate to the hunger that China has for culture and architecture and style.

I feel so thankful that I'm able to be a part of something that I love to wake up and run to work every day.

I like the gritty parts of fashion, the design, the studio, the pictures.

The industry's changed so much that you can't just design something, put on a great show, and say, 'Okay, my job is done.'

I always see where I didn't do things the right way. I only see the heavy lifting. That's a bit of my wisdom, if you want to call it that.

In the beginning I pushed toward perfection, but it takes time to get to certain places.

Where music leads, I follow.

I wear sports clothes because I feel comfortable in them.

It's hard sometimes to take a step back and realize what's happened because you're always trying to move forward. You're always looking at the next palette.

I always wanted to create a collection inspired by sports. I never played sports, maybe that's why it intrigues me.

A lot of my work is a matter of reacting to surprises in life.

I think everyone shares a fear of failure-that you're only as good as your most recent collection.

I mean, I've always said I have an amazing team and network of friends and people that I work with that, you know, inspire me and enable me to do what I do.

Ive always loved when girls carry their wallets as a clutch instead of a bag.

I was in fashion school, my brother has a law background, and my sister-in-law had worked in production, but none of us had a proper fashion business education.

Communicating is a bit of a problem. Playing in New York is great but there are times when I feel a long way from home.

The Yankees are one of the best teams. I want to stay with them forever.

I felt I had to work even harder in order to help two sets of parents. Most of my money I send home to let my parents manage. The rest I use for living expenses in America.

I founded Wang Laboratories . . . to show that Chinese could excel at things other than running laundries and restaurants.

The key is falling in love with something, anything. If your heart's attached to it, then your mind will be attached to it.

Bridal is always about who you are as a person and as a woman and as a lover and as a mate. People always ask me how a woman can pick just one dress. And the funny thing is they always know.

I was an art history major, but never specifically contemporary. I would say where I really stopped were the abstract expressionists in the New York school.

I'm only waiting for Lindsay Lohan's fashion collection to come out. Ten years from now, there may be no real designers left.

They never ask the celebrities why they don't wear their own clothes on the red carpet.

I was a total fashion insider who became an outsider when I did bridal.

The funny thing is that I'm the girl who no one sees at the beach. Ask anyone who's traveled with me. Normally, I'm in so many layers, I look like Lawrence of Arabia!

I don't live through my kids. But I do know what will happen in life, and I just want them well prepared.

I'm not really a girl who likes to go out to lunch or cocktails or store openings.

I do think I know more about clothes than any 500 designers, because there's nothing like wearing them. You buy them, you study them, and you start to understand how they're crafted.