You can be too rich and too thin, but you can never be too well read or too curious about the world.
Few activities are as delightful as learning new vocabulary.
I believe that treating other people well is a lost art.
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.
I would certainly rather the industry not go broke, but if that’s what it takes for everyone to acquire some values and lose that sense of entitlement, maybe a little belt-tightening wouldn’t be so tragic.
In my typical way, I declined to respond, saying that I didn’t want anyone to run to a store just because I endorsed a trend. Besides, a trend is good only if it works for you, your wardrobe, and your lifestyle.
The work is at such a high level and is so well executed, it really is a matter of taste… [Source: Project Runway — but consider, applied to the theme of book reviews, it seems apropos!]
I had this wonderful career and thought I would retire as a teacher.
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 don’t know why I’ve always been so captivated by architecture.
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.
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.
With fashion, you really need to understand the aspects of construction. Not just design on an iPad.
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.
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.