“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.”

“When I took over as chair of the fashion program, I was horrified that only the faculty member was allowed to speak in a critique. I'm talking about perfectly nurturing teachers. But the rule was t...”

“One of the hardest things for a teacher is to know when to keep quiet and when to let go. It is a terrible thing to hold someone back from success, or to insist on sharing credit, or to tie someone...”

“Until the sixteenth century, menpriests, academics, judges, merchants, princes, and many otherswore skirts, or robes. For men, the skirt was a 'sign of leisure and a symbol of dignity,' writes Quen...”

“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.”