Quotes by Anna Wintour

About Anna Wintour:

Anna Wintour is the English editor-in-chief of American Vogue, a position she has held since 1988. In 2013, she became artistic director for Condé Nast, Vogue's publisher. With her trademark pageboy bob haircut and dark sunglasses, Wintour has become an important figure in much of the fashion world, widely praised for her eye for fashion trends and her support for younger designers. Her reportedly aloof and demanding personality has earned her the nickname "Nuclear Wintour".
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It's important for young women and men coming out of the fashion schools to think seriously before starting their own collections.

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

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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.

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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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To be in 'Vogue' has to mean something. It's an endorsement. It's a validation.

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

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Part of the pleasure of editing 'Vogue,' one that lies in a long tradition of this magazine, is being able to feature those who define the culture at any given moment, who stir things up, whose presence in the world shapes the way it looks and influe...

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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.

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I'm horribly hands-on, I'm afraid. I like to read every caption.

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Fashion today is available to everybody in a way that it's never been before: you've got every designer you've ever heard of working for H& or Target. That's fantastic.

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I think possibly what people working for one hate the most is indecision. Even if I'm completely unsure, I'll pretend I know exactly what I'm talking about and make a decision. The most important thing I can do is try and make myself very clearly und...

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

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

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

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Create your own style… let it be unique for yourself and yet identifiable for others.

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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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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.

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Because of reality television and all these celebrities thinking they can be designers, everyone imagines that they can just become a designer, photographer, or model, but that's not the way things work. People have to go to school, learn their craft...

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It's very important to take risks. I think that research is very important, but in the end you have to work from your instinct and feeling and take those risks and be fearless. When I hear a company is being run by a team, my heart sinks, because you...

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I've been very lucky to put women that I sincerely admire on the cover of 'Vogue:' the then First Lady and now Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and, more recently, First Lady Michelle Obama. Those were benchmarks for the magazine, and certainly cov...

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Author Bio

  • NameAnna Wintour
  • DescriptionEnglish editor-in-chief of American Vogue
  • BornNovember 3, 1949
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionJournalist; Fashion Editor; Writer
  • WorksThe Fashion Fund
  • AwardsKnight Of The Legion Of Honour; Officer Of The Order Of The British Empire