Anna Sui Quotes

We do all the first samples here and all the production in the garment center, within these few blocks... I love the process.

I am inspired by New York...

I grew up in Middle America and in the suburbs...

I'm always about optimism and exuberance. It's what I feel about fashion.

With the way that the times are, we're all looking for a little fantasy... Fantasy is such an important part of my fashion...

I bought a fur coat with my first pay cheque and it lived better than I did for years.

The man that owned the company that I worked for called me into the office and said how can you be on our payroll and have your own New York Times ad! This has to stop! And I said but it can't I have orders to ship. And he said well you're fired. And that's how I started my business.

"It's kind of a dream come true, because to me fashion is not just the clothes, it's all the accoutrements that go with it...

I love the whole story of why something happened when it did and that’s what I put into the collections.

To stand out in the crowd I liked the color purple.

Every time that I wanted to give up, if I saw an interesting textile, print what ever, suddenly I would see a collection.

I had a really typical, suburban, middle-class upbringing. The only thing out of the ordinary was being one of the few Chinese families in town.

To me, fashion is like a mirror... It's a reflection of the times. And if it doesn't reflect the times, it's not fashion. Because people aren't gonna be wearing it.

I don’t answer to anyone.

You have to focus on your dreams, even if they go beyond common sense. How could this young girl from the suburbs of Detroit become a success in New York? It was always that dream.