Jason Wu Quotes

I worked 10 years as a toy designer before I started my career as a fashion designer. It's something I just fell into and really liked.

I call white the most powerful non-color; it's clean, optimistic, powerful.

I never thought of myself as being limited to fashion. I'm a designer, and if you have a vision, you can apply that to anything.

I happen to like selling clothes as much as creating them. It isn't relevant unless it sells.

That's the fun thing about fashion: it changes. One day, we're into short, the next we're into full length for day, or half short and long.

My cats are really sassy and sophisticated, but most importantly, they are picky.

I hope I am the antithesis of disposable fashion.

When I was growing up, you sort of did the unthinkable. You did something that has never really been replicated.

My favorite thing about Taiwan is the food.

My mom is a really good cook. We used to make dumplings together.

I didn't understand anything about fashion until I moved to Canada when I was 9. That's when I learned English and was exposed to fashion magazines.

I've always loved the rustic, slightly worn style of Canvas and that element of an artisanal hand. It's so inherently chic.

When I moved to America, I knew I wanted to be a designer. I never imagined one of my dresses would end up in the Smithsonian.

Being feminine in the way you dress doesn't have to compromise who you are as a woman or your career.

I love the romance of Paris. I love Angelina [tearoom and pastry shop]. I always get a Mont-blanc [pastry] there.

I had a hard time in middle school. I was never really quite me until I was 16 or 17, and things like bullying didn't matter anymore.

I've been known to create clothes that are very formfitting and feminine.

Designers have always shown outlandish and exuberant clothes, but that hasn't always translated to the streets.

Actually, I'm probably 99-and-a-half percent plastic now.

Buy things you truly love, things that are special, but not a lot of them. It's about value, not quantity.

I miss All Stars, by the way. I was just telling people: how am I going to get by until January?

I love a little bit of glamour and I love tall girls.

I made a rule not to be on reality shows.

The Taiwanese are big on tea. I think it's nice to slow down a bit. It's very much a custom.

My Chinese zodiac is a dog. But I'm an exception because of how much I love cats.

As a designer you have to just do whatever you want to do. The second I came to terms with that, it transformed my work.

We all want to be a little glamorous, a little playful and a little mischievous at times.

Anyone who knows me knows that I don't know anything about politics. Every time I go to Washington, I feel like I'm in Legally Blonde.

I need to feel like I'm part of something. I need to feel part of the world when I go to sleep.