Designer Wu Quotes & Sayings

I am an Asian designer. I was born in Taiwan. That is who I am. But I am a designer, like any designer of any race. Growing up in the '80s in Taiwan, the arts were not considered a career. — Jason Wu

What's so wonderful about football and business and show business is that every time I start thinking I'm special, I get knocked on my ass. — Fran Tarkenton

I'm an American designer. It's important to riff on that. I remember, when my mom and I first came to the States, she was so shocked that everyone was so dressed down in sandals and shorts. It's not quite like that in Asia. To give that a superluxurious makeover? For me to make street wear? It's sort of chic to do it. — Jason Wu

Crafting a plan is easy. Taking action will always prove to be the more difficult path. — Camron Wright

What's the point of doing something good if nobody's watching? — Nicole Kidman

What has since happened in Tibet is hardly to be believed. More than 1.2 million Tibetans lost their lives and of about six thousand monasteries, temples, and shrines, 99 percent were either looted or totally destroyed. In — Heinrich Harrer

I wanted to paint nothing. I was looking for something that was the essence of nothing, and the soup can was it. — Andy Warhol

The idea of transformation is super-important to me. You can see it in the way I approach things. I have never been a clean-faced, freshly scrubbed hair person. I'm the New York designer who doesn't do that. I think about the hair and makeup almost as much as I think about the clothes because it all has to work. — Jason Wu

They did nothing wrong their time here has ended — C.S. Lewis

It's quite a pure relationship, designer and muse. I think a beautiful dress on the wrong woman could mean nothing. It has to be the right woman and the right clothes. That's why you need that personal touch. — Jason Wu

Boomer is ... Boomer. That pretty much tells you all you need to know — Joe Torre

The attainment of enlightenment from ego's point of view is extreme death. — Chogyam Trungpa

You beat your Pate, and fancy Wit will come: Knock as you please, there's no body at home. — Alexander Pope

The worst thing is to be a designer and create work that isn't honest. You have to be honest. Otherwise, you'll always be a reaction to what other people do and you'll always be one step behind. — Jason Wu

I saw my potential as artistic director, which is very different from designer. Fashion companies might have $200 million to $300 million in annual sales - Hugo Boss has €2.5 billion. I have to create a world that is believable and also relevant in 7,000 sales points around the world. — Jason Wu

Part of the American dream is to own your own property - something no one can take from you. — Henry Bonilla

Brizo has been my single biggest sponsor since I began as a designer. Brizo wanted to be involved in many different areas of design - they had already worked with several architects, and fashion was an area they were interested in moving into. — Jason Wu

We are not sure we are right until we have made the best case possible for those who are wrong. — Lord Acton

I think it's really important to make things your own in your voice. I started when I was 23, and in the beginning of my career, there was this expectation of a young designer being edgier, cooler, more downtown. But I was never that person. — Jason Wu

I never thought of myself as being limited to fashion. I'm a designer, and if you have a vision, you can apply that to anything. — Jason Wu

I guess I accidentally became a part of history. Honestly, when you're young and you're a designer, you have a goal, but that is not the kind of goal that you even think it's possible to achieve. — Jason Wu

As a designer you have to just do whatever you want to do. The second I came to terms with that, it transformed my work. — Jason Wu

It's not gender-specific, but I do think it's women who tend to start having that sort of little whispering voice of "I want more here" and "I want more for my family." — Dani Shapiro

I worked 10 years as a toy designer before I started my career as a fashion designer. It's something I just fell into and really liked. — Jason Wu

Narrative and characters have always interested me. I never tried to alienate an audience. Of course, gradually, I wanted a bigger and bigger space to draw people in, so it's very organic. — Miranda July

When I moved to America, I knew I wanted to be a designer. I never imagined one of my dresses would end up in the Smithsonian. — Jason Wu

There are three times in a man's life when he has the right to yell at the moon-when he marries; when his children come; and when he finishes a job he had to be crazy to start. — Borden Chase