Karl Lagerfeld Quotes
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I hate leisure, except reading. I'm really a person made to work, if sketching is considered work.
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I hate the word 'cheap'. People are cheap. Clothing is either expensive or inexpensive.
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When I was a child, my mother always told me that you could wake up in the middle of the night and be deathly sick, so you always have to be impeccable. I laugh about it now, but I think everyone should go to bed like they have a date at the door.
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Forgiveness is too easy. I can forget by indifference, but not forgive. I prefer revenge.
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For me, Chanel is like music. There are certain notes and you have to make another tune with them.
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The most important piece in the house is the garbage can.
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If I read too much or know too much it's not because I want to talk about it, it's only because it's interesting for me.
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Black, like white, is the best color!
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I have no idea of the future -- never, ever. That's what I like about fashion. It's paradise now.
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Normally, I don't recommend me for wedding dresses – they all get a divorce.
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Absurdity and anti—absurdity are the two poles of creative energy.
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I hate birthdays, .. It's more like a new starting point in New York. For me, it's an evolution. I don't celebrate the past. I like the present and tomorrow.
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As a child I wanted to be a grown-up. I wanted to know everything - not that I like to talk about it. I hate intellectual conversation with intellectuals because I only care about my opinion.
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Some models who aren't the most beautiful end up becoming the greatest of all time.
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I have no scene, I go everywhere, I adapt.
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We live in the world of images, but we also live in the world of the Internet, of zapping and where people move. You can make little videos on your phone. I love very composed images, but the idea of moving pictures with a story, with a plot is quite interesting, too.
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You have to be impeccable - I was always told as a child by my mother that you always have to be impeccable, even when you go to bed.
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If I could be reincarnated as a fashion accessory, it would be a shopping bag.
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Sunglasses are like eye shadow: They make everything look younger and pretty
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I don't like to act because my life is a pantomime anyway.
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The smell of a freshly printed book is the best smell in the world.
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I see things in the middle of the night. I draw them on paper and I don't even think about it. I'm like a machine in a way - just made of some electronic stuff. Vaguely digital.
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The reason American cars don't sell anymore is that they have forgotten how to design the American Dream. What does it matter if you buy a car today or six months from now, because cars are not beautiful. That's why the American auto industry is in trouble: no design, no desire.
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Clear thinking at the wrong moment can stifle creativity.