I don't think there is ever a wrong time for a polka dot. Marc Jacobs More Quotes by Marc Jacobs More Quotes From Marc Jacobs I don't find clothes sexy at all. I find people sexy. Marc Jacobs clothessexyfashion You can go to Graff and buy a diamond that's flawless. You aren't going to be able to buy the same diamond at Fortunoff, but it's still a diamond you can enjoy. If fashion can allow you to have the Chanel mystique through a lipstick, then why shouldn't art allow you to have that through a sweatshirt that says 'Cremaster' on it? Marc Jacobs ablefashionart As far back as I can remember, I had an interest in fashion. I used to go to sleepaway camp, and they'd provide a list of things that you had to bring, and I always wanted to be a bit more creative than the list allowed. Like, if they required chinos, I wanted to hand-paint them. Marc Jacobs fashioncreativehands 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 teamblessedideas I love the gym, but I still want to look a bit awkward at it. I don't want to look too on top of it, you know? Marc Jacobs awkwardwantlooks But in another, I think a woman's going to go into a shop to find a coat or a jacket and I just don't think she's not going to go into a shop because of a bad review she probably didn't even read. Marc Jacobs reviewscoatsthinking Sometimes there are two very opposite directions, and we go with the stronger one at the end. It's an impulse thing, like, 'Oh, I love both so much, but it's got to be one or the other because the two don't work together.' Marc Jacobs togetheroppositestwo I'd like to be invisible. To be anonymous and see things for what they really are. The truth may be painful but it's probably useful! Marc Jacobs invisiblepainfulmay I always wanted to be a fashion designer so I just have to remember that as long as I'm doing it I'm living the dream. Marc Jacobs fashiondreamlong I value very much the time before the show, when there is nothing else but to concentrate on the show, and it's just purely design. Marc Jacobs valuesdesignshows A sellout is putting your name on any piece of crap and then expecting people to buy it because it's got your name on it. That's what a sellout is to me. Marc Jacobs piecesnamespeople To be useful to others and to be useful to myself is definitely a better place to be. Marc Jacobs better-place We live in a world where people are really hungry for information, and they're not hungry for information on subjects that they're not interested in. Marc Jacobs informationpeopleworld The attention toward me is basically because of what we've built as a company. If we built a pile of crap then nobody would care what I ate for lunch. Marc Jacobs lunchcareattention I go to the gym every morning for a couple of hours, then I come to work, whatever is on the plate for the day, I do it. I don't ask many questions, I go where I am told to. Marc Jacobs hourscouplemorning When you design a dress you ask yourself, would woman like it or no. It's much more of a creative process, not a research or trying to make somethings that sells or appeals. I hope that it will appeal to somebody, but it isn't what drives me. Marc Jacobs designcreativetrying I create the concept, which for me is about deciding upon the right girl and the right 'spirit', and thinking of all the things that visually describe her. It's just like putting together a fashion show; for me, that starts with the spirit and the girls as well. Marc Jacobs fashiongirlthinking I don't know the history of art, but I got over intimidation from the art world when I realized that I was allowed to feel whatever I want and like whatever I want. Marc Jacobs wantworldart I think something happens with age. And I find this really a lot in what I read from certain art critics: For people who are all about change-people who are supposed to be intellectually and culturally drawn to the idea of change and how the voice of a creative person affects the world on a bigger scale than just the canvas-I would expect a person in that position to have that open mind. It's only a sign of age that they become so locked in their own rules that they forget that this is what it's all about. Marc Jacobs ideasartthinking Art critics are like every other critic. Marc Jacobs art-criticcriticsart
