Quotes By Vera Wang

I don't live through my kids. But I do know what will happen in life, and I just want them well prepared.

Just because you're from a city ten miles outside of St. Paul. It doesn't mean you don't read magazines, or the incredible Internet, and what's going on in the world. I never, ever take a client, or women, for granted.

I wanted to define the vocabulary of a wedding both visually and intellectually. The book is about more than weddings or wedding dresses. It's a metaphor for women's lives, their creativity.

I've been designing since I was 8. I started sketching dresses I could wear when skating. I was always involved in all aspects of skating, not just the technique, the choreography, the music, but the visual aspects, too - what I should wear.

The great thing about having a pool in L.A. is that I can use it year-round. And since I've always been an athlete, staying fit is very important.

It's hard to balance everything. It's always challenging.

It's hard to juggle being a businessperson with being a creative person. You have to organize yourself - PR needs me for PR, and the licensing division needs me for licensing, the bridal people need me for bridal.

They never ask the celebrities why they don't wear their own clothes on the red carpet.

I was trying to manage school and training for the Olympics and ended up not doing well at either. That was a big lesson in my life. My mother expected both.

My bedroom is my sanctuary. It's like a refuge, and it's where I do a fair amount of designing - at least conceptually, if not literally.

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.

Let's be realistic, how many people are buying a $2,000 skirt? I love to design things that people can actually buy. I'm staggered by what a boot costs today.

A woman is never sexier than when she is comfortable in her clothes.

It's for all the women who embrace my aesthetic, but can't afford a Vera Wang dress. If women can get anything out of it - a little bit of me or a lot of me, that's what's important.

It's a remarkable exercise to sit and look at your own work over the years.

Brides today are increasingly sensitive to the tastes, feelings and finances of their attendants.

When you have a passion for something then you tend not only to be better at it, but you work harder at it too.

As the mother of two daughters, I have great respect for women. And I don't ever want to lose that.

The key is falling in love with something, anything. If your heart's attached to it, then your mind will be attached to it.

Although in skating you compete with other people, anyone who achieves a certain level of success is first and foremost competing against themselves. And for me the idea that I could always do better, learn more, learn faster, is something that came from skating. But I carried that with me for the rest of my life.

To me, eyewear goes way beyond being a prescription. It's like makeup. It's the most incredible accessory. The shape of a frame or the color of lenses can change your whole appearance.

I am not the sort of woman who would wear high heels with a bathing suit. Let's get that straight right now.

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.

My mother was extremely controlled, sort of flawless. And I always tend to be a bit more hippie.

I'm not really a girl who likes to go out to lunch or cocktails or store openings.

When I design a wedding dress with a bustle, it has to be one the bride can dance in. I love the idea that something is practical and still looks great.

All those years of skating and dancing have carried over. I can't design anything without thinking of how a woman's body will look and move when she's wearing it.

Fashion offers no greater challenge than finding what works for night without looking like you are wearing a costume.

Fashion to me has become very disposable; I wanted to get back to craft, to clothes that could last.

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.