Tim Gunn

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

“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.”

“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.”

“Whoever's designing for plus-size doesn't get it. The entire garment needs to be reconceived. You can't just take a size 8 and make it larger.”

“There's nothing I like better than going to my apartment, closing the door, cooking my little dinner for one and just tuning out. My apartment really is my haven. It's a nest where I go to heal.”

“Men's wear is all about tailoring.”

“You can be too rich and too thin, but you can never be too well read or too curious about the world.”

“In a manner of speaking. I certainly never want to lose my voice as an educator.”

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

“I wouldn't know what to do on a date. I don't have the time. To make a relationship work, I'd have to give something up, and I'm not so sure I'm willing to do that.”

“I love helping people.”

“Take the high road. No matter how much strife, and consternation, frustration and anger you might be confronted with - don't go to that level.”

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

“But if I had to choose a single destination where I'd be held captive for the rest of my time in New York, I'd choose the Metropolitan Museum of Art.”

“I learned early on in teaching how easy it is to hurt a young person and that's never my intention.”

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

“Does a man need to know what a peplum is? Probably not.”

“Life is not a solo act. It's a huge collaboration, and we all need to assemble around us the people who care about us and support us in times of strife.”

“But my manners also came from when I was in college and began participating in critiques. You have to speak with someone respectfully about their work and be honest and open, without hurting them.”

“I have my mantra about silhouette, proportion, and fit. I believe that when they are in harmony and balance, you'll look great in anything.”