Vera Wang is an American fashion designer based in New York City. Over the course of her career, Vera Wang has grown a single bridal boutique into a fashion and lifestyle empire that spans a wide range of product categories — ranging from engagement rings and ready-to-wear to dinner plates and cosmetics — at a variety of price points from luxury to mass market. May her quotes inspire you to take action so that you may live your dreams.
1. “When you have a passion for something then you tend not only to be better at it but you work harder at it too.” Vera Wang
2. “Don’t be afraid to take time to learn. It’s good to work for other people. I worked for others for 20 years. They paid me to learn.” Vera Wang
3. “The key to falling in love with something, anything, if your heart’s attached to it, then your mind will be attached to it.” Vera Wang
4. “I work with structure but I go outside the box and give it my own spin. I adore the challenge of creating truly modern clothes, where a woman’s personality and sense of style are realized.” Vera Wang
5. “Success isn’t about the end result: it’s about what you learn along the way.” Vera Wang
6. “Calvin thought I was crazy, saying that when the bridal thing doesn’t work, give me a call.” Vera Wang
7. “It’s hard to juggle being a businessperson with being a creative person. You have to organize yourself.” Vera Wang
8. “It’s a remarkable exercise to sit and look at your own work over the years.” Vera Wang
9. “I like the gritty parts of fashion, the design, the studio, the pictures.” Vera Wang
10. “I want people to see the dress but focus on the woman.” Vera Wang
11. “I adore the challenge of creating truly modern clothes.” Vera Wang
12. “I do think I know more about clothes than any 500 designers because there’s nothing like wearing them. You buy them, you study them, and you start to understand how they’re crafted.” Vera Wang
13. “It’s hard to balance everything. It’s always challenging.” Vera Wang
14. “I do speak Mandarin, and I also relate to the hunger that China has for culture and architecture and style.” Vera Wang
15. “My mother is the reason I’m in fashion. She worshipped it. Unfortunately, she infected me.” Vera Wang
16. “I’ve been designing since I was 8.” Vera Wang
17. “I always see where I didn’t do things the right way. I only see the heavy lifting. That’s a bit of my wisdom if you want to call it that.” Vera Wang
18. “I started at the very highest level so the upper end is something I know very well.” Vera Wang
19. “Design is about a point of view, and there should be some sort of woman or lifestyle or attitude in one’s head as a designer.” Vera Wang
20. “In the end, it’s not about failure, it’s about how much you love what you do.” Vera Wang
21. “I’m not really a girl who likes to go out to lunch or cocktails or store openings.” Vera Wang
22. “Fashion to me has become very disposable; I wanted to get back to craft, to clothes that could last.” Vera Wang
23. “I was a total fashion insider who became an outsider when I did bridal.” Vera Wang
24. “Things that came before, people and things and experiences – that does mean something to me. It doesn’t mean I don’t embrace the new, but I don’t forget the past, either.” Vera Wang
25. “When you love something, every day goes by in 10 minutes.” Vera Wang
26. “Sleeping is a luxury.” Vera Wang
27. “I’m really not a morning girl.” Vera Wang
28. “I’ve always tried to push myself technically and to push myself visually. That’s been part of the journey.” Vera Wang
29. “When I decided to get married at 40, I couldn’t find a dress with the modernity or sophistication I wanted. That’s when I saw the opportunity for a wedding gown business.” Vera Wang
30. “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.” Vera Wang
31. “Certainly a big challenge for me with evening-wear is to make it look modern and artistic and avant-garde.” Vera Wang
32. “I love the focus and bravery of European designers, but I love the nonchalance and throwaway aspect of America that has made Ralph Lauren and Calvin Klein two of the greatest icons. I try to bridge those two worlds in my work. The clothes may be couture on the runway but there’s an attitude that’s very street and that comes from America.” Vera Wang
33. “It’s important to view fashion as personal and creative.” Vera Wang
34. “Be yourself.” Vera Wang
35. “That was a major goal for me – to be able to reach and encourage more women, to encourage them to express themselves and be what they want to be. People get very trapped where they are.” Vera Wang
