Eileen Fisher Quotes

“I want to create that same kind of space for women to connect with other women.”

“The moment of silence we take before meetings at the company gives me the opportunity to stop and just notice what's actually presenting itself in front of me.”

“Sustainability is not an end goal, it's a journey.”

“I believe we all have a purpose in life, even if we don't know what it is yet.”

“Change starts from within.”

“Self-reflection and mindfulness have helped me do this.”

“It's a courageous act to just be with whatever is happening at the moment — all of it, the difficult as well as the wonderful.”

“Be strong and NEVER ever give up. As I tell my kids — failure leads to success, there is a yes around the block — always keep trying.”

“I never think the clothes should take over the person. The clothes should support the person and help her find her own style.”

“Life-fulfilling work is never about the money — when you feel true passion for something, you instinctively find ways to nurture it.”

“I started in 1984, so I'm going to say it was 1979 when the idea was forming.”

“I had a Japanese partner and had the opportunity to travel to Japan, and while I was there, I got really excited about the kimono—the whole idea of a garment that they wore in only one shape for a thousand years.”

“I think it was foolish non-fear. I really had nothing and so I had nothing to lose. It was coming through me, this idea. It was clear to me. I was sort of uncomfortable and not a confident person, but a shy, introverted person. But this idea was powerful and I was confident about it and I was sure about it.”

“I think that companies should have to share profits, or share ownership with employees. It should be a law.”

“Everybody is wanting to model this "responsible business" thing. And in a lot of ways, we're all grading our own papers. There aren't a whole lot of standards and definitions and methodology out there.”

“There's too much stuff in the world, so how do we make sense of creating a good and meaningful business, and, at the same time, reckon with overproduction? How do we make more of the good stuff and less of the wrong stuff?”

“I love energy in general. Especially at my age, to feel like, Wow, I can actually build up my energy. Whether it's the energy between people, where people light up around a fabric or a garment, or a certain kind of energy... I read that, and I work from that, and I love that.”

“I grew up Catholic. You know, the "Nobody's looking at you" thing. That's what my mother said all the time. So for me — in Catholic school, around my mother — it was just safer to be invisible.”

“He was a lovely guy. He would have been the right C.E.O. for our company if a C.E.O. was the right role for our company. But it was the old paradigm of somebody directing the action.”

“We don't want sustainability to be our edge. We want it to be universal.”