Men shouldn’t try too hard, or think about what they wear too much. I like when there’s something about a look that throws it off a little – perfection is really imperfect.

An idea that is confident always looks masculine.

Anyone who is confident in themselves is much more stylish.

Every man should own a navy cashmere jacket with gold buttons, a grey suit, black shoes shoes for the city, brown shoes for elsewhere. Everything else should be simple and really well made.

The most uninteresting thing for me is when somebody thinks too much about how they put themselves together.

I feel like jeans and a T-shirt have become Establishment. Everyone’s dressed down. So actually putting on a jacket is the anti-­Establishment stance.

If you’re constantly open to inspiration, it will come to you. The worst thing a man can do is pressure himself into an idea.

I don’t understand why everybody thinks that dressing casually is so much more comfortable. I’m as comfortable in a suit as I am in anything else.

It is so important to be really true to yourself in design, and I am.

If you saw me every day, you would actually think I am wearing the exact same gray suit.

I was asked to design the tuxedo for Mr. Peanut. They're rebranding him. That was probably the most interesting request. I didn't spend a long time considering it.

It has always been science versus fundamentalism, not science versus religion.

I think it's outrageous if a historian has a 'leading thought' because it means they will select their material according to their thesis

As a proportion of the labor force, fewer individuals manipulate things, more handle people and symbols.

All that money can do is buy us some one else's work in exchange for our own.

My friends say I have two speeds: fast and blistering.

I like to be buttoned onto tradition. The thing is to improve it, twist it and mold it; to make something new of it; not to deny it. The riches of history can be plucked at any point.

To expound and propogate concepts is simple, to drop all concepts is difficult and rare

Crowns in my purse I have, and goods at home, And so am come abroad to see the world.

I always loved writing as a tool of expression.