Anna Sui Quotes

I am inspired by New York...

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

We manipulate fabric.

I don’t answer to anyone.

Longing and desire goes further than instant satisfaction. That's human nature.

They don't need me to be another Establishment designer. That's not what I'm good at...

I read about two young ladies that went to Parsons, and when they graduated Elizabeth Taylor opened a store for them in Paris and I thought okay-that's all I have to do!

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

The sexiest thing about a bikini is that it leaves something to the imagination, which is the best part.

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.

"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 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.

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.

American television is popular everywhere and its what I grew up on.