A Quote by Chris Benz

I went to Parsons. American sportswear was my education, and that is what is important to me.

Chris Benz

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American Education Important Me

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Chris Benz
American - Designer
Born: 1982

Dancewear is very different from sportswear. Sportswear doesn't quite suit what we need to do with our bodies, so I'm always fiddling with my clothes in the studio.

Francesca Hayward

My first professional relationship, I danced with the Parsons Dance Company, and David Parsons, my former boss, allowed me to choreograph on the company.

Robert Battle

I went to Parsons, and I interned with Ronen when I was at Parsons. We started our own company since then.

Narciso Rodriguez

When I read about Gram Parsons' dream of this Cosmic American Music when I was in my late teens, that stuck with me: that idea, that ambition, to draw off the roots of music but take it somewhere fresh.

Richard Ashcroft

I think it's a right that every American parent should have - choice and competition in education, and choice in schools are most important to me.

Cindy McCain

The British audience was very important to me. I have always looked away from American to non-American audiences and so this was important.

Robert Sheckley

I'm a great fan of Bloomingdale's, and I'm a very loyal alumni of Parsons. I think what they do, what they've done, is amazing. They've educated some of the best American designers.

Narciso Rodriguez

I knew since the age of four that I wanted to be a clothing designer. I read an article in LIFE magazine about two young ladies that graduated from Parsons School of Design, and when they graduated they went to Paris and Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor opened a boutique for them. So I thought, "Oh, I just have to go to Parsons, that's all."

Anna Sui

I do look upon the secretary of education's primary responsibility as the quality of education that - and improving the education that every child in American public schools receives.

Mark Shields

Who was the founder of American education? John Dewey - you know that very well - card-carrying Communist. The American education system, in America - one of the so-called 'founders' was a Communist

Rafael Cruz

My parents really pushed me to excel in school. Education was always important to them, so it was important to me.

Sunny Hostin

American education will be determined by the quality of American public education, and that's public schools that are available.

Mark Shields

The thing about Parsons compared to the other schools is that it really teaches you how to be a designer, whereas some of the other schools teach you to sketch or teach you the technical skills. But the curriculum at Parsons when I was there was how do you put a collection together, as well as all the technical stuff. It's the best training.

Narciso Rodriguez

The takeover of Harvard in 1805 by the Unitarians is probably the most important intellectual event in American history - at least from the standpoint of education