Quotes by Marc Jacobs

“I like the sort of nothingness of the jeans and the T-shirt. I feel thats about as close as I can get to the future because it seems like something so old that will always be, so I feel its a safe bet for the future.”

“I really think about the clothes and the cut of the clothes, so we try to work the decoration into the seams. Weve added borders, piping and again more top stitching -- things that give dimension to otherwise flat fabrics.”

“Happy, happy fashion - there is not much more to it than that,”

“Shes really nice, a teen queen, a fashion enthusiast. She wears everything she likes.”

“And when I see students now, I just dont think they are prepared to work so hard. It comes too easy.”

“Whoever moved those show dates up in New York should be executed.”

“Actually, there are a lot of different small accessories and they can all be sort of assembled on one belt. But (theyre) very, very feminine. Theres nothing military about them.”

“Before we opened, we did some research on the North Shore and we found that people wanted both Italian and seafood. Those are the two things we heard the most, and we thought, lets give em both.”

“The shapes are more angular, more aviator in feeling. A little bit larger and oversize, ... Theyre also doing wonderful combinations, mixing the acetates with metals, and wonderful colored lenses are bigger than ever again.”

“Color is bigger than ever, ... We have been talking about color for a few years, and this season it is taking off. With our idea of fused color, it is off the chart. We are mixing lavender with grass and salmon with tangerines. Really beautiful -- green and yellow all in the same lens, and it just gives it a fabulous effect.”

Innovation is an evolutionary process, so its not necessary to be radical all the time.

Young girls need to learn that sexiness isin’t about being naked.

Awkwardness gives me great comfort. Ive never been cool, but Ive felt cool. Ive been in the cool place, but I wasnt really cool - I was trying to pass for hip or cool. Its the awkwardness thats nice.

I wouldnt know how to find eBay on the computer if my life depended on it.

When you see a fashion show, you see those seven minutes of what was six months of tedious work of, you know, going up an inch and down an inch, changing it from one shade of red to another shade of red. So its the same as any creative process. The result is what we see, but the process is really labor intensive and work.

I dont know, but I always loved that image of a girl putting toenail polish on a guy - her boyfriend, or something like that. Or a guy waking up in the morning and reaching over and putting on his girlfriends shirt. Like Keith Richards putting on one of Anita Pallenbergs blouses, or Courtney Love putting nail polish on Kurt Cobain.

I think scent is sensual. I guess evoking a mood or a spirit is key, and I think with the womens fragrances we have evoked different types, moods or sensibilities of a woman - whether its Daisy with the sweetness and the innocence or Lola which is more provocative, sexy and sultry.

Listen, real women are the reason the fashion industry exists.

I dont need to be better than anybody or worse than anybody to feel better about myself. I just need to stick on my own path and stay in the moment as best I can.

My grandmother was amazing. She completely believed in me and was very encouraging. She would go to the supermarket or the butcher or wherever and tell people, My grandson is going to be the next Calvin Klein.