Vera Wang Quotes

Author Image

Vera Wang

Profession : Designer

Birth : June 27, 1949

Don't be afraid to take time to learn. It's good to work for other people. I worked for others for 20 years. They paid me to learn.

Vera Wang

As the mother of two daughters, I have great respect for women. And I don't ever want to lose that.

Vera Wang

I always see where I didn't do things the right way. I only see the heavy lifting. That's a bit of my wisdom, if you want to call it that.

Vera Wang

Success isn't about the end result, it's about what you learn along the way.

Vera Wang

I do speak Mandarin, and I also relate to the hunger that China has for culture and architecture and style.

Vera Wang

When you have a passion for something then you tend not only to be better at it, but you work harder at it too.

Vera Wang

I love to design things that people can actually buy. I'm staggered by what a boot costs today.

Vera Wang

Things that came before, people and things and experiences - that does mean something to me. It doesn't mean I don't embrace the new, but I don't forget the past, either.

Vera Wang

The key is falling in love with something, anything. If your heart's attached to it, then your mind will be attached to it.

Vera Wang

That was a major goal for me - to be able to reach and encourage more women, to encourage them to express themselves and be what they want to be. People get very trapped where they are.

Vera Wang

My normal routine is pretty much putting out fires all day.

Vera Wang

I hate phones. All businesses are personal businesses, and I always try my best to get back to people, but sometimes the barrage of calls is so enormous that if I just answered calls I would do nothing else.

Vera Wang

It's hard to balance everything. It's always challenging.

Vera Wang

It is horrible to say, but I was stigmatized by being a bridal designer for a long time. I am amazed I have been able to move beyond it. I had really all but given up trying, but I did it because it was my lifelong dream.

Vera Wang

It's a remarkable exercise to sit and look at your own work over the years.

Vera Wang

My bedroom is my sanctuary. It's like a refuge, and it's where I do a fair amount of designing - at least conceptually, if not literally.

Vera Wang

I've been designing since I was 8. I started sketching dresses I could wear when skating. I was always involved in all aspects of skating, not just the technique, the choreography, the music, but the visual aspects, too - what I should wear.

Vera Wang

I've always tried to push myself technically and to push myself visually. That's been part of the journey.

Vera Wang

I like the gritty parts of fashion, the design, the studio, the pictures.

Vera Wang

I adore the challenge of creating truly modern clothes, where a woman's personality and sense of self are revealed. I want people to see the dress, but focus on the woman.

Vera Wang