Karl Lagerfeld Quotes
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Think pink, but don't wear it.
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If I were pretentious I would say that I'm not an average person. But really, I know how that is.
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Fashion is the healthiest motivation for losing weight.
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A collection is not just one basic idea. It comes from something that is in the air, something you suddenly like and put down on paper and then work out.
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I am like a caricature of myself, and I like that. It is like a mask. And for me the Carnival of Venice lasts all year long.
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I think it's very important what young people see in pictures or on TV or in magazines. Drugs, violence, anorexia. All of the things that I absolutely do not reference in my photos.
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The best way to know people is to work with them.
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I never look at my watch when I'm sketching!
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I am a sort of vampire, taking the blood of other people.
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I'm kind of fascist with myself, you know.
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I rather want my things to be copied than me copying. I would feel ashamed!
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Sweatpants are a sign of defeat. You lost control of your life so you bought some sweatpants.
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Luxury bags make your life more pleasant, make you dream, give you confidence, and show your neighbors you are doing well.
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We built everything - toilets included. I think those islands in the middle of nowhere are quite poetic. It's kind of an Oriental Atlantis.
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I've done many ads because that's my new career. It's an inspiring extension for my mind.
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I'm very severe with myself and sometimes I miss French cheese, but in your world it's not exactly the same thing.
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If someone gives me a to-do list, I say 'thank you, this is nice.' One needs things to throw in the wastebasket.
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The advantage of Fashion is that there is no racism
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Don't use expensive clothes as a screen for your personal doubts. Be proud of yourself
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Nothing makes you look older than attempting to look young. You can fool anyone, apart from the young. The worst are the lip operations. There are people who have it done and I don't recognise them afterwards. They look like they flew through the windscreen during a car accident and were patched up badly afterwards.
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Be politically correct, but please don't bother other people with conversation about being politically correct, because that's the end of everything. You want to create boredom? Be politically correct in your conversation.
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Beauty—or the desire to be beautiful—is in itself a dangerous motivation. Someone (I forgot who) once said, ‘Does the person who loves someone for their beauty really love them?’ So don’t focus on beauty ... a respectable appearance is sufficient to make people more interested in your soul. It is the sum of our experiences that makes us interesting, and having been through a time in your life in which you were in a bad place (or what you perceived as a bad place) physically, can be useful. It can even be necessary.
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I'm rather pro-prostitution, I admire people who do it. It can't be much fun. Thank goodness for it. People need relief or they become murderers.
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I get along with everyone except for men my age, who are bourgeois or retired or boring.