Anna Wintour Quotes

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

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People, Want, Wells

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

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Fashion, Hair, Competition

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

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Dream, Wake Up, Way

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Some people have the Bible. I have Vogue.

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People, Vogue

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

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Fashion, Understanding, Too Late

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In today's world you have to interact. You can't be some difficult, shy person who is not able to look somebody in the face; you have to present yourself. You have to know how to talk about your vision, your focus and what you believe in.

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Believe, Focus, Vision

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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.

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Fashion, New York, Looks

"What lies beneath". Interview with Emma Brockes, www.theguardian.com. May 26, 2006.

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

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Beautiful, Fashion, Truth

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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.

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Believe, Successful, Thinking

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

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Inspirational, Fashion, Looking Forward

"The September Issue". Documentary, 2009.

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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.

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Reality, Careers, Perfection

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Create your own individual style. I'm not interested in the girl who walks into my office in a HEAD-to-TOE LABEL look that's straight off the runway. I'm interested in a Girl who puts herself together in an ORIGINAL INDEPENDENT Way

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Girl, Independent, Office

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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.

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Girl, Fashion, Might

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Fashion is a reflection of our times. Fashion can tell you everything that's going on in the world with a strong fashion image.

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Fashion, Strong, Reflection

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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.

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People, Worry, Competition

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

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Fashion, Thinking, One Direction

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Just be true to yourself, and listen as much as one is able to to other people whose opinions you respect and look up to but in the end it has to come from you. You can’t really worry too much by looking to the left and the right about what the competition is doing or what other people in your field are doing. It has to be a true vision.

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Inspirational, Fashion, People

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You either know fashion or you don't.

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Fashion, Knows, Fashion And Style

"Front Row: Anna Wintour: The Cool Life and Hot Times of Vogue's Editor in Chief". Book by Jerry Oppenheimer, February 2005.

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

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Fun, Surprise, Mishaps

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I look for strong people. I don't like people who'll say yes to everything I might bring up. I want people who can argue and disagree and have a point of view that's reflected in the magazine. My dad believed in the cult of personality. He brought great writers and columnists to The Standard.

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Fashion, Strong, Dad

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

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Fashion, Life Changing, Talking

"WWD CEO Summit: Anna Wintour in Conversation With Leslie Moonves" by Erik Maza, wwd.com. October 30, 2013.

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

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Fashion, People, Nervous

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

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Cold, Sometimes, Strive

"Anna Wintour, Behind The Shades". "60 Minutes" with Morley Safer, www.cbsnews.com. May 14, 2009.

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

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Taken, Plans

"9 Things You Never Knew About Anna Wintour, Including Her Stance on Selfies" by Leah Melby Clinton, www.glamour.com. September 10, 2014.

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Go get a job. Whether it’s working as a designer or working in a restaurant and then doing your own thing in your own time, it’s a reality of life. In the end it’s going to be helpful to you and so many others.

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Jobs, Reality, Doing Your Own Thing

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