Anna Wintour

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

“Print publications have to be as luxurious an experience as possible. You have to feel it coming off the page. You have to see photographs and pieces that you couldn't possibly see anywhere else.”

“It's very important to me that I look good when I go out publicly. I like looking at my clothes rack in the morning and deciding what to pick out. I enjoy fashion.”

“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.'”

“I hope that President-elect Trump will be a successful president for us all.”

“I can't make anything. I don't know how to make a dress. I couldn't go on a shoot and create an image. I can't write a script. I have so much admiration for people who can do these things, because I would have no idea where to start.”

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

“There is unfortunately a world that still exists that dismisses fashion as being a little bit frivolous and the people who work in it are not so smart.”

“I'm struck these days by how often people come up to me and ask to take a photograph instead of shaking hands, meeting one's eyes, and having an actual conversation.”

“I have such an extraordinary platform where I am able to help people. To me, that's the number one priority.”

“I have learned that documentary makers are incredibly sneaky people.”

“To be famous these days with no grounding and no substance is not especially difficult. I urge you instead to seek to be relevant, to be agile and educated.”

“I've never worn a hoodie before!”

“I don't feel that Chinese designers have reached the level of prominence that European or American designers have, but we've noticed in fashion schools in the U.S. and in England and we've seen how much the makeup of the students in the classes have changed there in the last five to 10 years.”

“Traditionally, those that work in fashion have always had the point of view that items made by hand have their own aura and are something special.”

“'Vogue' and 'Vice' may appear to some to see the world through different lenses. But in my view, both are fearless and breathtaking, with unquenchable curiosity and vigor.”

“I never pay any attention. I'm sure it's not such a good way to be, but I don't really follow market research.”

“After a series of jobs that I prefer not to recall, I was hired in the early eighties as fashion editor of 'New York' magazine.”

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

“Designers don't live in a vacuum; they are not blind to what's going on. They, too, will be inspired by what they see, and that will come out in their work.”