Best Anna Wintour Quotes & Sayings

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

I love coming in and changing magazines. — Anna Wintour

Colby Jordan is one of the most fashion-forward and passionate girls I know. She gives me these young Anna Wintour vibes when I'm around her! — Theophilus London

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

After the war in Afghanistan, Anna [Wintour, editor of Vogue], deciding to save the world one hair-roller at a time, thought the best way to help the women in this beleaguered country was to start a small beauty school in Kabul, where aid workers could get their roots done. Vanity Fair, edited by Bush-basher Graydon Carter, cheered her great humanitarian effort. — Myrna Blyth

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. — Anna Wintour

It is so important for designers not to run scared, and not to be too worried about what's safe and what's commercial. — Anna Wintour

We are devastated to learn of the death of Alexander McQueen, one of the greatest talents of his generation. He brought a uniquely British sense of daring and aesthetic fearlessness to the global stage of fashion. In such a short career, Alexander McQueen's influence was astonishing - from street style, to music culture and the world's museums. His passing marks an insurmountable loss. — Anna Wintour

I'm very driven by what I do. I am certainly very competitive. I like people who represent the best at what they do, and if that turns you into a perfectionist, then maybe I am. — Anna Wintour

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

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

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

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. — Anna Wintour

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. — Anna Wintour

Tears? Are you going for a Barbara Walters moment? — Anna Wintour

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.' — Anna Wintour

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. — Anna Wintour

I'd always been extremely fascinated by the French Nuit Blanche, which is a weekend that they have in Paris where they keep all the museums open until dawn. You can go and hang out in Versailles in the middle of the night and watch the sun come up. — Anna Wintour

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

I don't like people who are late. — Anna Wintour

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

To be in Vogue has to mean something — Anna Wintour

I started getting emails from Anna Wintour inviting me to her dinners. It was just surreal. — Theophilus London

Anna Wintour doesn't deal with pictures; she is just doing PR and business, and she scares everybody. — Azzedine Alaia

Some people have the Bible. I have Vogue. — Anna Wintour

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. — Anna Wintour

One should look forward rather than backwards. — Anna Wintour

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. — Anna Wintour

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

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

She had no time for anything humdrum, banal, or mundane - to the extent that the task of cleaning her desk at every night had to be done with a bottle of Perrier water and Chanel No. 5. — Anna Wintour

Previous first ladies seemed to feel the need to wear a sort of uniform, whereas Michelle Obama likes fashion and is very comfortable in fashion. She's happy to mix high and low, and she loves emerging designers. That will do nothing but good for our industry. — Anna Wintour

It's possible in today's world to be instantly famous, whether it's through Instagram or whatever platform it may be, but it's a very different matter to be successful financially and in the long-term — Anna Wintour

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. — Anna Wintour

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. — Anna Wintour

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

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

With all the new media outlets out there, with all the noise, a voice of authority and calm like Vogue becomes more important than ever. The more eyes on fashion, the more opinions about fashion, the more exploration of fashion around the world, the better it is for Vogue. Vogue is like Nike or Coca-Cola - this huge global brand. I want to enhance it, I want to protect it, and I want it to be part of the conversation. — Anna Wintour

I want 'Vogue' to be pacy, sharp, and sexy - I'm not interested in the super-rich or infinitely leisured. I want our readers to be energetic executive women, with money of their own and a wide range of interests. There is a new kind of woman out there. She's interested in business and money. — Anna Wintour

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. — Anna Wintour