Tim Gunn Quotes - Page 5

Fashion it's not just about learning how to draw pretty pictures, and how to sew, it's everything that makes up your life.

I have a couple of thousand books in my personal library. Choosing a favorite is next to impossible. But I do love the written word.

I love Modern Family but it's among a handful of favorite shows.

Why must she dress that way? I think she's confused about her gender.

We all had to search for more words to describe things.

I am the anti-trend guy? I don't believe in chasing trends. And before anyone shops, I believe you benefit from doing a closet inventory. Ask yourself what am I wearing, what am I not wearing, and you'll probably discover things you didn't even know you had.

If you don't have experience sewing, start with that, because that will inform what you are able to design.

With fashion, you really need to understand the aspects of construction. Not just design on an iPad.

I would never dream of telling people how to dress. but I do say to them, however you are dressing, accept responsibility for it. And also, unless asked, I don't judge. And if asked to judge - I would approach it socratically, I would approach it with questions.

I just don't like conspicuous consumption. I find it distasteful.

I found early on in teaching, if you're too blunt an instrument, the students discredit you and think you're just being mean. They're not interested in what you have to say.

I don't know why I've always been so captivated by architecture.

I'm one of the biggest introverts you could ever meet.

People put on certain clothes for certain reasons, I assume, when their closet is filled with clothes.

If you told me when I was a teen that I would end up being a teacher, I would have said you're out of your mind, because quite frankly I hated school.

I've never mentioned this, but when I was at Parsons teaching, the other design disciplines, they don't like fashion design. They see it as very nineteenth-century.

Frankly, I think that fur on a man is difficult to pull off. If it's the warmth you're after, then I'd go with a fur-lined coat - it won't show.

On my first day teaching my own classroom, I threw up before I entered the building.

I have my flaws and my issues, past and present and who knows what will happen in the future. I want people to know Im vulnerable too and each one of us is.

I have to have my coffee. I probably have three cups a day, but only before noon.

I haven't had a date in 26 years.

The element of fashion I'd like to see more often? Clothes that fit people well. For me it's not so much about the clothes.

If you want to write an angry e-mail, write it but don't send it. It's based on my experience that whenever I have acted out in some manner, I have always regretted it.

And I'm the first one to tell people to break the rules. But you can only break the rules once you know what the rules are. The other thing is, fashion is the last design discipline to actually have academic texts and historical analysis.

I believe that it's very important to get to know people with whom you can have a substantive dialogue about design and its development. In addition, read everything about fashion that you can get your hands on. A palpable point of view is what makes a designer, so you need to be confident about yours.