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.
KARL LAGERFELDPeople who do a job that claims to be creative have to be alone to recharge their batteries. You can’t live 24 hours a day in the spotlight and remain creative. For people like me, solitude is a victory.
More Karl Lagerfeld Quotes
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If you want respect for your past, it means that you have a problem with your present and even more with your future.
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Buy only because something excites you, not just for the simple act of shopping.
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Fashion designers are dictators of taste.
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Normal people think I’m insane.
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Work is making a living out of being bored.
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I love classic beauty. It’s an idea of beauty with no standard.
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I’m born with a pencil in my hand. I did lots of sketching.
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Life is not a beauty contest, some [ugly people] are great. What I hate is nasty, ugly people… the worst is ugly, short men. Women can be short, but for men it is impossible. It is something that they will not forgive in life… they are mean and they want to kill you.
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My only ambition in life . . . is to wear size 28 jeans.
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I like to reinvent myself – it’s part of my job.
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Life should be larger than life. Size is important to escape normalization.
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I don’t like standard beauty – there is no beauty without strangeness.
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The smell of a freshly printed book is the best smell in the world.
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Don’t sacrifice yourself too much, because if you sacrifice too much there’s nothing else you can give and nobody will care for you.
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EXTREME LUXURY ISN’T THE MOST BLING-BLING, IT’S EXTREME REFINEMENT, WHICH IS COUTURE AT ITS FINEST.
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