Carine Roitfeld Quotes
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As you get older, you see life is very short, so you have to appreciate more and more and to enjoy it.
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When you have a magazine like 'Vogue,' you know a lot of kids are going to follow your pictures.
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Fashion isn't something you can buy; you need to have the sense of it, and most people don't.
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I think I have character, and that is what people like in me.
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There are so many magazines and so many editors out there that you have to be different.
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My mom read French 'Elle' when I was a little girl, and so, when I was 15 or 16, I said, 'I want to work in fashion.'
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In photo shoots, I rely on instinct. Which is not to say I don't bring ideas to a project or consider it beforehand.
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I'm still like a butterfly going from one job to another job. But it's quite lovely - I hope to keep this freedom, to have fun.
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My private life is a lot more ladylike and less sultry than the fashion photos I imagine.
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To be a good model, you have to be very smart.
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I love ballet because you can see how beautiful the body is.
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I don't like intellectuals, or, at least, people who call themselves that way, because I am under the impression that there is always something condescending in their demeanour, and I don't like condescending people.
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You lose attitude when you feel too comfortable, so I prefer to wear clothes that have a certain edge to them.
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For me, fashion is not about reality.
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I get on well with models, and I like to treat them well.
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To me, makeup is fashion and vice versa. What I dress and what I wear always needs to work with my makeup, which is usually the same anyway.
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I like to surprise people. I try to take risks.
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The Russians are very much more up and down than the French.
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Fashion has a political role insofar as following it can give you the impression to belonging to a certain social group or a private club.
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If I'm doing something in fashion, I will try to respect the 'laws' of the business, but I will try to keep my integrity and my respect for the designers and for my readers.