Tim Gunn Quotes - Page 4

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• My role as the chair of the fashion department at Parsons put me face to face with all the big designers, retailers, and editors. Since I was moving in these new circles regularly, I realized I needed to do something about my own personal style. It was really Diane von Furstenberg who gave me the nudge.

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  Fashion, Moving, Editors

  "Project Runway’s Top Gunn". Interview with Elizabeth Gettelman, www.motherjones.com. January/February, 2012.

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• And Brooke Elliott is a great actress.

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  Actresses

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• May I respond by merely saying, "I hate crocs. May they please go away."

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  Hate, Going Away, May

  "Tim Gunn's Take on Fall Fashion". Live chat, www.washingtonpost.com. September 25, 2006.

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• 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.

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  Believe, Thinking, People

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• I'm constantly reminding myself that the world owes us nothing. We have to make our way and we have to work hard, persevere and make our own way in the world because the world isn't waiting for us, so let's let the world know we are here.

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  Hard Work, Waiting, Way

  Reddit AMA, www.reddit.com. February 11, 2014.

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

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  Voice, Want, Educator

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• When it comes to Project Runway, for me the most memorable look ever presented goes back to season one, episode one, when Austin Scarlett created a ravishing cocktail dress out of cornhusks. It was really amazing.

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  Memorable, Austin, Dresses

  Reddit AMA, www.reddit.com. February 11, 2014.

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• My advice to the 10 year old daughter is: fashion happens in a context. It's societal, it's cultural, it's historic, it's economic, and it's political. So all of her studies, everything that is happening in the world, all needs to be channeled through her in order to be a good designer.

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  Daughter, Fashion, Order

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• I believe in letting karma do its thing. What comes around goes around.

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  Karma, Believe, I Believe

  "Interview: Project Runway's Tim Gunn". Interview with Tony Peregrin, chicagoist.com. September 8, 2010.

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• I learned from teaching. If you are perceived by the student to be belittling them or purely criticizing them without offering up words of encouragement and support, they shut down and discredit you.

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  Encouragement, Teaching, Offering

  "Tim Gunn on ‘Project Runway,’ New Book, Current Fashion". Interview with Patrick McDonald, www.hollywoodchicago.com. October 26, 2010.

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• I'm much more of a Leo than I am a Cancer.

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  Cancer

  "Tim Gunn on interviewing Dolly Parton and going to Woodstock in penny loafers". Interview with Marah Eakin, www.avclub.com. September 14, 2016.

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• It was very challenging to mentor the mentors, and yes, you do see more sides of my personality.

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  Personality, Challenges, Mentor

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• Whether it's fashion or it's home, it's all about style. The clothes we wear send a message about how we are perceived, and our home does the same thing.

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  Fashion, Home, Clothes

  Reddit AMA, www.reddit.com. Fevruary 11, 2014.

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• When I'm working in the real world with real women and we're shopping, we find that fashion seems to end when you get any larger than a size 12. How ridiculous is that?

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  Fashion, Real, Shopping

  "Tim Gunn: Fashion Seems To End At A Size 12" by Ellie Krupnick, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 23, 2013.

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• 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.

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  Hurt, College, Honest

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• 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.

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  Teacher, School, Mind

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• If I think about most of America, and maybe I'm terribly wrong...but I think most of America would say that they're not in favor of gay marriage. But there is certainly a large cohort, not a majority but a large number of people, who are articulate and vocal and they'd rally behind this. They're making their opinion known.

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  Gay, Thinking, Numbers

  "BPR Interview: Tim Gunn". Interview with Michael Chernin, www.brownpoliticalreview.org. May 7, 2014.

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

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  Clothes, People, Assuming

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• It's man's impact on our world that appeals to me more than just nature running wild.

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  Running, Men, Impact

  "Tim Gunn's guide to globe-trotting". Interview with Doug Miller, www.nbcnews.com. November 14, 2007.

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• 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.

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  Couple, Book, Library

  Reddit AMA, www.reddit.com. February 11, 2014.

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• I don't know if people have gotten ruder or if my tolerance level has declined.

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  People, Tolerance, Levels

  Tim Gunn (2010). “Gunn's Golden Rules: Life's Little Lessons for Making It Work”, p.54, Simon and Schuster

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

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  Reddit AMA, www.reddit.com. February 11, 2014.

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

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  Confused, Thinking, Dresses

  "Yikes! Tim Gunn Picks A Fight With Hillary Clinton's Wardorbe" by Tracey Lomrantz Lester, www.glamour.com. July 28, 2011.

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

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  Modern Family, Modern, Shows

  Reddit AMA, www.reddit.com. February 11, 2014.

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

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  Fashion, Pretty Picture, Draws

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