Anna Wintour Quotes

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Anna Wintour

Profession : Editor

Birth : November 3, 1949

Mental health is an area where people are embarrassed. They don't want to talk about it because somehow they feel they're a failure as a parent or, you know, they're embarrassed for their child or they want to protect their child, lots of very good reasons, but mental health, I feel, is something that you have to talk about.

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Even if you aren't sure of yourself, pretend that you are... most people prevaricate.

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

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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 need to have that leader with a vision and heart that can move things forward.

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I think I'm decisive, and I like to get things done quickly. So if that comes across as intimidation, I'm sorry to hear it. But it's more in the interest of getting things done.

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If my style is too direct for some, maybe they should toughen up a bit.

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'Vogue' is a fashion magazine, and a fashion magazine is about change.

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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.

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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 influences the way we see it.

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Finding your way doesn't mean surviving, just as pleasing an audience doesn't mean twisting your editorial around search engine optimization and Facebook algorithms.

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The world of entertainment is, like the world of fashion, becoming increasingly populated by those who don't want to do things the same old boring way.

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Fashion is a reflection of the time.

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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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My career got off to a very shaky start when I dropped out of school at the age of 18. Despite my lack of academic credentials, I got a job as a fashion assistant at 'Harper's & Queen.'

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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 me, fashion is ceaselessly fascinating because it is an expression of self.

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

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For my very first September issue, I put Naomi Campbell on the cover. She was wearing this orange Anne Klein sequin suit - it would probably look incredibly '80s today.

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I think Beyonce is every woman. She's superwoman, she's an extraordinary business woman, she's a force of fashion. She totally understands the way to communicate to millions and millions of fans.

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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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