51 Marc Jacobs Quotes for You to Enjoy

Marc Jacobs

American Designer

Born: Apr 9, 1963

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I think when I started to get in shape and spend time at the gym, I could be better to other people and be better to myself and get back to loving fashion and experience it myself. I started to wear kilts and lace dresses. Marc Jacobs

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Awkwardness gives me great comfort. I've never been cool, but I've felt cool. I've been in the cool place, but I wasn't really cool - I was trying to pass for hip or cool. It's the awkwardness that's nice. Marc Jacobs

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I want to see women in pantsuits or two pieces, even something a little bit gaudy. It's so much more exciting than just another nice dress. Marc Jacobs

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Real fashion is something you don't need - it's something you want. Marc Jacobs

Fashion You Something Real Want Need

I want to be as honest as I possibly can. I sleep better at night. Marc Jacobs

Better Possibly Want Night Honest Sleep

I love how the reality of fashion is all about something for that moment and then the extremity of dismissal. Marc Jacobs

Love Fashion Reality Extremity About Something How Then Moment

I still appreciate individuality. Style is much more interesting than fashion, really. Marc Jacobs

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I've learned a lot about doing accessories and making shoes and handbags. I don't think my perspective has really changed. The subtlety of understanding yarns, what makes a fabric what it is - I've learned technical skills and more about the craft. Marc Jacobs

I love to take things that are everyday and comforting and make them into the most luxurious things in the world. Marc Jacobs

Love Comforting World Luxurious Everyday Take Most Make Them Things

I am around people I love to be with all day; I'm not lonely. The simplest, happiest pleasure is being on my couch with my dog, Neville. Nothing is more comforting or soothing. Marc Jacobs

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I don't 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 girlfriend's shirt. Like Keith Richards putting on one of Anita Pallenberg's blouses, or Courtney Love putting nail polish on Kurt Cobain. Marc Jacobs

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Grunge is a hippied romantic version of punk. Marc Jacobs

Punk Version Romantic Grunge

It's a magpie aesthetic: If something is hideous, that's interesting. It's kind of the same sensibility that Andy Warhol had. He was interested in everything and soaked up what he saw like a sponge. Marc Jacobs

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My relationship with fashion has always been that each of us stars in our own movies and costumes ourselves to play the part we want. You take blouses and jeans and dresses, and you put them together, and they tell your story. Marc Jacobs

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I wouldn't know how to find eBay on the computer if my life depended on it. Marc Jacobs

Life My Life Find Computer Computers Know How Depended

But I'm blessed to work with great people. I collaborate with brilliant stylists both here and in Paris. I work with a great design team. I really allow everyone to bring their ideas. I almost rely on them to inspire me. Marc Jacobs

I think it's an old fashioned notion that fashion needs to be exclusive to be fashionable. Marc Jacobs

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It was getting very boring to watch celebrities all wearing the same dress. Marc Jacobs

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In terms of having a business, I wanted to let it go beyond what my personal taste is. Basically, I'm in a kilt and a white shirt every day. So, you know, I don't have a lot of scope, and I'm really picky about what I wear. Marc Jacobs

There is a small world of people who are very interested in contemporary art and a slightly bigger world of people who look at contemporary art. But then there is a much larger world that doesn't realise how influential art is on things that they actually look at. Marc Jacobs

No one ever said 'no' to me about anything. No one ever told me anything was wrong. Never. No one ever said, 'You can't be a fashion designer.' No one ever said, 'You're a boy and you can't take tap-dancing lessons.' No one ever said, 'You're a boy and you can't have long hair.' Marc Jacobs

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