Vera Wang Quotes

Design is a very personal thing. It's like art. Your personal choice plays a big role.

If I was a fashion designer just following trends or designing for celebrities, I would not be fulfilled.

The most important thing for me as an artist is having an identity.

I only do what I do. For me, it is a craft. It's got to be my own thing - otherwise, I would never be successful. I could easily go to the archives and pull 1987 or 1991 collection by Calvin Klein. But when you look in there, you realize that it was never about one piece. It was about the collections as bodies of work.

You can't be trying to make a film that pleases all people, you know, so it's not a concern of mine.

Find your own specific voice in filmmaking and go for it. Either people will get it or they won't and that's what it's all about.

With every character, I just bring something that I can make my own.

I don't like to dictate the style to the customer, I believe people give something their own trend.

Just a whole different style, just a whole different way of going about an audience and a way about skating. And they are so brilliant in their own way, which is great, and that's what Brian was saying; is the styles are different, and it's the whole mentality.

When I make movies, I don't ever go out there to please anyone other than myself. I never try to make a film for the masses. I just try to tell my story.

The last thing a young artist should do in poetry or any other field is think about what's in style, what's current, what are the trends. Think instead of what you like to read, what do you admire, what you like to listen to in music. What do you like to look at in architecture? Try to make a poem that has some of those qualities.

My Dad was so open creatively that I was off in search of black turtleneck bathing suits with long sleeves.

The price of self-empowerment is what I call it. Somebody who thinks outside the box.

I have maintained a low profile throughout my career but have always done things in my own unique way, be it dancing or dressing up. On the dance floor, I had my own unique steps and often had to lead my choreographer.

I don't make films for other people; I make films for me.

I have many musical inspirations, but I would really love to just be me. My very own artist.

I always wanted to be an independent maverick, writing plays and putting them on myself.

We're dealing with sophisticated customers. What's most important to these women is individuality. I have to create things she'll want to wear, no matter who she is.

Even though I build buildings and I pursue my architecture, I pursue it as an artist. I deliberately keep a tiny studio. I don't want to be an architectural firm. I want to remain an artist.

I see myself as a true modernist. Even when I do a traditional gown, I give it a modern twist. I go to the past for research. I need to know what came before so I can break the rules.

I think this, I think basically I'm not interested in people following my work or making work like my work.

I love when people have their own creative vision, when a person stands out and tries different things.

I so often heard from women that they saw this beautiful fashion, but it didn't always work for them - whether it was cultural reasons, lifestyle reasons, body type reasons. So it seemed like in my mind there was a gap there, that women really wanted to be able to customize items to fit their needs and their tastes.

I like to think that I'm a populist entertainer, but I'm a little bit idiosyncratic, and sometimes the networks wouldn't really roll with that.

I like to be a little different. I like details. Whatever I wear, I always have a say.