Tim Gunn quotes

Just the way it never rains when you have an umbrella, you'll never run into people if you look fantastic. But go outside in pajamas, and you'll run into every ex you have. (Tim Gunn)
I don't know if people have gotten ruder or if my tolerance level has declined.
Tim Gunn
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.
Tim Gunn
I'm honest about expressing my opinions. At the same time, I'm diplomatic in how I do critique things if I have a negative response.
Tim Gunn
You can be too rich and too thin, but you can never be too well read or too curious about the world.
Tim Gunn
I believe that treating other people well is a lost art.
Tim Gunn
As long as we have Netfix, Turner Classic Movies, Amazon, YouTube, and bookstores, there is no excuse ever to lack inspiration.
Tim Gunn
Few activities are as delightful as learning new vocabulary.
Tim Gunn
Call me a schoolmarm, but few things make me angrier than people not taking good care of library materials.
Tim Gunn
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.
Tim Gunn
I always say I have a Socratic approach to most things that I do. I pummel people with questions, because I need to know what they're thinking, what they're trying to achieve, what they believe the final outcome is going to be. (Tim Gunn)
I do things like hem a pair of pants, I do my own tailoring but I wouldn't attempt a jacket.
Tim Gunn
I was called a fool when I was chair of fashion at Parsons and I invited PETA to speak to students. The industry went crazy. I said: "Wait a minute. The International Fur Trade Commission is coming here. I have a responsibility to bring another point of view, let the students decide." I would say if you're going to use fur, you have a responsibility to know its origins. ... There's no reason to kill animals for fur. Wearing fur is like wearing a big sign reading, "I'm in favor of inflicting cruelty and pain on animals as a fashion statement." Unspeakable torture is inflicted on dogs, cats, bunnies, raccoons, foxes, minks and myriad trapped, helpless creatures in the name of fashion - yes, dogs and cats.
Tim Gunn
Stella's work has helped to redefine and recalibrate our thinking. ... Higher-end brands have said they couldn't exist without fur. Stella proves, of course you can.
Tim Gunn
Everyone has a best feature, so find clothes and accessories to accentuate those, whether it's your shoulders or your long legs!
Tim Gunn
I have to have my coffee. I probably have three cups a day, but only before noon.
Tim Gunn
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.
Tim Gunn
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.
Tim Gunn
People put on certain clothes for certain reasons, I assume, when their closet is filled with clothes.
Tim Gunn
I had this wonderful career and thought I would retire as a teacher.
Tim Gunn
I just don't like conspicuous consumption. I find it distasteful. (Tim Gunn)
On my first day teaching my own classroom, I threw up before I entered the building.
Tim Gunn
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.
Tim Gunn
But if fashion were easy, wouldn't everybody look great?
Tim Gunn
I don't know why I've always been so captivated by architecture.
Tim Gunn