Karl Lagerfeld Quotes
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I like everything to be washable, myself included.
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Change is the healthiest way to survive.
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When I was four, I asked my mother for a valet for my birthday.
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What i like about photographs is that they capture a moment that’s gone forever, impossible to reproduce.
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I don’t do meetings. At Chanel, there are no meetings. At Chanel, we do what we want, whenever we want and it works. And Fendi is the same.
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Designers must be both conscious and unconscious at the same time. Clear thinking at the wrong moment can stifle talent.
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I am very boring, but it has allowed me to survive better than other people. If you don't drink, you don't smoke, and you don't do drugs, and you're not missing it and never even wanted it, and you sleep for seven hours. I tell you, life is quite pleasant.
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Sometimes it's easy to have ideas, but somebody has to find a way to do it. Often those responsible for finding a way don't have the idea.
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Never use the word “cheap”. Today everybody can look chic in inexpensive clothes (the rich buy them too). There is good clothing design on every level today. You can be the chicest thing in the world in a T-shirt and jeans — it’s up to you.
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We live in a dark and romantic and quite tragic world.
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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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The flat shoe makes the woman equal of men. When they have high [shoes], they play a part like a geisha, and they can't be expected to be taken that seriously.
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Fashion is about two things: the evolution and the opposite.
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When people talk about the good old days, I say to people, 'It's not the days that are old, it's you that's old.' I hate the good old days. What is important is that today is good.
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Forgiveness is too easy. I can forget by indifference, but not forgive. I prefer revenge.
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People want to know everything, and so they put you in the limelight. Sometimes, I am not down to earth, and I think I am flying away from the outer realms of reality.
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Black, like white, is the best color!
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The woman is the most perfect doll that i have dressed with delight and admiration.
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I have a guest house because I don't want people in my home.
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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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I don't like to act because my life is a pantomime anyway.
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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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I want everyone to wear what they want and mix it in their own way. That, to me, is what is modern.
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For every book you buy, you should buy the time to read it.