Top 109 Quotes & Sayings by Zac Posen

I'm a SoHo born-and-raised kid. So my parents dragged me to lots of museums, and for birthdays and any kind of celebration, we'd go to the theater.

There's something very old-fashioned and luxurious to have a pair of pants and jacket made to your needs and measurements.

The first time I went to the Met Ball, I was 16. I was an intern there and saved up to buy a staff ticket to the party. That was my favorite experience going. It wasn't the red carpet; it was the experience of being there for the first time.

I don't believe in one ideal beauty.

You can't market or commercialize feminism as an entity. One has to be careful. I aim to be about powerful women in my clothing.

At the end of the day, you can't compete with Mother Nature. If you've got a great tomato, just a pinch of sea salt is all you need.

I started cooking out of middle school depression.

People who devote themselves to a life of style are admirable.

So many people are following fashion now. It's become fashion-tainment.

The way I cut my clothing... it is about empowerment and loving the curves of the body.

I try to be the best that I can be and the best to the people that work for me.

Fashion is a pay-to-play game; this is an industry. At a certain point, you must bridge a gap where you are supporting the reviewer, the publication, and that is very real.

I love creative people.

I go online at night and I order flowers, rare flowers, and then they come in the mail. That's my fashion detox.

To be able to buy a plant and plant it, that's a luxury to me.

I garden in my Brooks Brothers pajamas and straw hat.

New York ladies all look immaculate.

I am a compulsive and concise shopper.

Fashion is killing women's body image of themselves.

Authenticity from a person and product is absolutely essential.

I feel very fortunate that I make everything I wear head to toe every day.

If you're entering into fashion in an original way, you have to know your craft, and you have to know your history. You have to be obsessively dedicated. You have to be relentless about making it happen. It doesn't take a bank. It takes passion, love, timing, and luck.

Creative burnout and physical burnout is real. I mean, there are moments when I get home - after overseeing, you know, almost 16 collections a year - where I can't move.

There's nothing wrong with being pretty.

When I'm on the road for fashion shows, I love room service. I think it's one of the greatest things in the world. I usually like to keep it simple with soup, but my big indulgence is French fries or chicken fingers.

There's a reason good fabrics have a cost. They're done with good quality to last.

I personally love grilling, but it's a 15- to 20-minute commitment in entertaining.

There's not one major greatest influence on my career. It would be film and great artists and great imagineers - Jim Henson, Walt Disney, Charlie Chaplin, people who understand the joy of the imagination.

I have a garden, and I collect different heirloom seeds from different neighbors.

I'm quite a tuxedo junkie, I collect them all year round.

When I first got to Brooks Brothers, my mom told me she remembered how upsetting it was trying to find professional clothes in the eighties. Suits would either be over-stylized or frumpy, so she said, 'Make sure it's tailored properly.'

Beyond fashion, I think that culture has a side where they love to shoot you up like a clay pigeon and then take out their rifles. I lived that, and I got to see the perspective from up in the sky.

There is no reason for me to show my collection in New York, because it's not about craft and technique there.

I truly believe that you can't be a successful business unless there are hiccups. That American mentality of picking yourself up, brushing your shoulders off, and then really going for it makes you 100 times stronger and smarter.

The practice of patience in crafting and process is a virtue that needs to come back.

At the end of the day, you're not defined, I don't believe, by your financial means. That doesn't make you a better person or a smarter person.

I am totally unattached to material items.

I'm interested in the opportunity that people can self-create using social media and the online dialogue. Before social media, you needed to have a lot of personal funds to break through to hire the right people and build a presence to start a line. It gives the opportunity and platform for people to be discovered.

Chefs have the ego of an actor and fashion designer combined.

As a designer, I'm not interested in trend.

I have multiple lines and am licensing multiple projects, but I am still hands-on. It feels special. I don't take it for granted.

Food is everything. Food, friends, family: Those are the most important things in life.

I'm definitely planning ahead for a brand that spans the universe - a Zac Posen universe.

I want to make things of quality. I'm a big believer in handmade, tactile, crafted pieces. I want to keep that tradition alive.

Don't worry about what's cool and what's not cool. Authenticity is what's cool.

Listen, I'm not a rich kid. I'm a cultured kid; I'm very rich in culture.

Taking sartorial risks and not following other people is what makes you stand out.

I want to be a major force.

I like films that probe emotional questions and inspire you to get creative and get writing, get draping, painting, cooking, whatever that thing is where you have that kind of output.

I was very interested in theatre, so my first love of fashion comes from costume, and I think that's pretty clear within my work and the level of theatricality.

I always end up in the kitchen at restaurants. At events or parties, too, I like to see where my food is prepared or made. I like the theater of it.

When you make and drape clothing, the scissors are your tool. What can I say about them? They're my babies. And you have to take care of them correctly. You have to have them sharpened, and you can't use them for any other material.

To me, being in fashion is about your work, not about facilitating a lifestyle.

I have so many fashion mistakes, but that's part of being in fashion. I think the people that you see make the most mistakes are usually the best dressers.

One of my fantasies is to produce 'Auntie Mame' as a play.

I'm not a chef. But I'm passionate about food - the tradition of it, cooking it, and sharing it.

To me, the more dialogue amongst creative types, the better. It keeps people on their toes, and competition is healthy.

Everybody wants to be a star right now, to be heard, to have a voice, so you have to give the confidence for people to have that ability - and give them the wardrobe to become a star.

The biggest thing politically within fashion is that the clothing should be displayed on different body shapes.

One of my goals and dreams is to work in film in the future.