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" 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. "

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" Obviously, I like very beautiful food, because I think as delicious as food has to taste, it also has to look very beautiful - the process of presentation is very important. "

Zac Posen

Think

Beautiful

Food

" I'm a pretty controlled and disciplined person, but my real vice is buying plants and food shopping. "

" I try to push design boundaries using new draping and fabric manipulation techniques every time I approach a new design. "

" New York ladies all look immaculate. "

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

" There are issues that are being questioned that are fundamentally upsetting to me, deeply: immigration, funding for the arts, Planned Parenthood, and women's rights. These are just issues that are very close to my heart, and I use my own private voice and funds to fight for them and in support of them. "

Zac Posen

Fight

Heart

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

" I think it's really important to try to eat seasonally as much as possible. It helps put people in touch with what's happening locally and with nature. "

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

" 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. "

" Fashion is killing women's body image of themselves. "

" Fashion has a dark side - it's not all runways and lipstick and fishtail gowns. "

" 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. "

" I think that maybe growing up and being dyslexic early on, the visual quality of cookbooks specifically was something very enticing to me. "

Zac Posen

Think

Early

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

Zac Posen

Show

Craft

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" I started cooking out of middle school depression. "

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

Zac Posen

Competition

Creative

" As a designer, I always want to put out to a larger public. I truly believe that all bodies are beautiful, and that's what makes our world exciting. "

" As a little boy, my mom would bake with me on the weekends - that was our time together. "

Zac Posen

Weekends

Time

" Sometimes, late at night on the set of 'Project Runway,' I've been known to pop an interpretive dance. "

" I don't believe in one ideal beauty. "

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

" 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. "