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Fashion keeps me designing: the love of change, the idea that the next one will be the right one, the nonstop dialogue
Karl Lagerfeld
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I am a completely different person when I am working on different collections.
Karl Lagerfeld
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When I was very young, at the beginning my business was to work more than the others to show them their pointlessness.
Karl Lagerfeld
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If you stick to something doggedly, you are off to a bad start.
Karl Lagerfeld
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There are not too many people with an opinion I care for.
Karl Lagerfeld
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The best ideas I've had in my life are those I saw in my sleep, in the early morning.
Karl Lagerfeld
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What I like about music is the songs you can remember the lines of in a single second. The Beatles, The Rolling Stones... You can remember every line to their songs. But today, how often do you remember any of the lines to songs? I mean, I know that one of the Lily Allen's last albums is called It's Not Me, It's You. But I don't know how the songs go.
Karl Lagerfeld
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People who say that yesterday was better than today are ultimately devaluing their own existence.
Karl Lagerfeld
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My life is based on change. What I say is OK for the next ten minutes, then I change my mind.
Karl Lagerfeld
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I like the idea of craziness with discipline.
Karl Lagerfeld
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Don't use your film for ugly purpose.
Karl Lagerfeld
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There will never be a chanel collection without black
Karl Lagerfeld
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To reinvent a newly impeccable you in the most modern of outfits, don't skip on makeup and be sure to have flawless skin and hair. That will have more impact than expensive clothes.
Karl Lagerfeld
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I hate amateurs. I hate unprofessional people. There are enough people who can do jobs decently that there's no reason that people who cannot do them decently [should] pretend to be great at it.
Karl Lagerfeld
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I only know how to play one role: me.
Karl Lagerfeld
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I forget nothing and then, one day, there will be revenge. Innocence isn't exactly everywhere. But I will say innocence also takes you far in photography.
Karl Lagerfeld
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I care more about the people than about the company. That's why I don't want to own it. I don't want to run a business. People do it better than I do.
Karl Lagerfeld
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The minute you think that the past was better, your present is second hand, and yourself becomes vintage - it’s okay for clothes not that great for people
Karl Lagerfeld
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Forgiveness isn’t something I’m preoccupied with — turning the other cheek isn’t my trip.
Karl Lagerfeld
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I only go to places if I have a professional reason. I'm not a tourist.
Karl Lagerfeld
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I imagine the world from my window ... Traveling, I think it's a nightmare today. The airports and things the people in the street with the selfies ... I like to stay at home and read.
Karl Lagerfeld
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I hated the company of other children. I wanted to be a grownup person, to be taken seriously. I hated the idea of childhood; I thought it was a moment of endless stupidity.
Karl Lagerfeld
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One is never over-dressed or underdressed with a Little Black Dress.
Karl Lagerfeld
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I’m very much down to earth, just not this earth.
Karl Lagerfeld
