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All Quotes by author - Marc Jacobs

" Any opportunity to adorn oneself is human, and accessories are an easy way to do it. "

" Clothes mean nothing until someone lives in them. "

" Design is a series of creative choices - it's a collaborative effort, an evolutionary process. You choose your fabrics depending upon what you want to say, then you work with mills to get those fabrics. Through the process, you realize what you want it to be. "

" I always find beauty in things that are odd and imperfect - they are much more interesting. "

" 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. "

" I don't love Photoshop; I like imperfection. It doesn't mean ugly. I love a girl with a gap between her teeth, versus perfect white veneers. Perfection is just... boring. Perfect is what's natural or real; that is beauty. "

" I go through phases where I buy only Speed Stick and Axe, and Noxzema shaving cream. "

" I have the word 'Shameless' tattooed on my chest. "

" I'm not a model, so the idea of modelling a suit or clothes is weird in itself. "

" I'm not good at hiding my feelings. I'm also not good at lying. I'm very open about everything. "

" I really do believe that art changes the landscape of the world. "

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

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

" I think there is something about luxury - it's not something people need, but it's what they want. It really pulls at their heart. "

" It's quite nice to see that I didn't have to change who I was to reach two very different types of people. "

" It's sometimes said that I'm rebellious and I do things to push people's buttons, but I just like the challenge. "

" 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. "

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

" Luxury is anything you don't need, right? I mean, you need food, water, clothing, shelter... but good wine, good food, beautiful interiors, nice clothes; those aren't necessities, they are luxuries - it's all luxury. "

" 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.' "

" Sometimes, you just have to clear your head and get out to see other things. It is very important to be nourished. I love to go to museums and galleries, I like to see theatre, film, dance - anything creative. It doesn't promise you inspiration, but it nourishes your creative soul, and that's good. "

" The red carpet doesn't interest me. I think people become all the same; it's like everyone posing from the three-quarter angle in some low-cut, fitted dress; it's all the same. "

" To me, beauty and makeup and color is like the finishing touch on everything. "

" We don't design by calculator or by demographics or anything like that. We really are a group of creative, sensitive people. We have our charmed little world where we get to make things. We're really lucky. "

" What's worked for me is not quitting and being passionate about what I do and not giving up - and when I don't believe in myself, turning to others who believe in me. "

" 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 it's the same as any creative process. The result is what we see, but the process is really labor intensive and work. "

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