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 don’t answer to anyone.

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

"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 think whenever people talk about the 'Anna Sui woman,' they're talking about someone that's probably kind of more downtown, and there's always like this ambiguity: Is she a good girl, or a bad girl?

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 love research. I love learning...

You have to be in the right place at the right time and understand that and know when it is your time and how you react to it and how you respond to it.

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 think that I appeal to the girliness in all of us.

I think a dream can take you farther than anything.

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!

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.

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.