Karl Lagerfeld on creativity
Karl Lagerfeld146 quotes“What is the worst is a fashion designer who talks all the time of his or her creativity, what they are, how they evolved. Just do it and shut up.”
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I design like I breathe. You don’t ask to breathe. It just happens
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Karl LagerfeldKarl Lagerfeld I only go to places if I have a professional reason. I’m not a tourist.
Karl LagerfeldKarl Lagerfeld During the golden age of movie stars, there were plenty of actresses who were deemed unattractive at the start of their careers, but struggled and finally appeared more beautiful and more iconic. Sometimes that idea of being truly iconic has something to do with not necessarily being beautiful and thus trying harder.
Karl LagerfeldKarl Lagerfeld Kate Middleton has a nice silhouette and she is the right girl for that boy. I like that kind of woman, I like romantic beauties. On the other hand, her sister struggles. I don’t like the sister’s face. She should only show her back.
Karl LagerfeldKarl Lagerfeld Forgiveness is too easy. I can forget by indifference, but not forgive. I prefer revenge.
Karl LagerfeldKarl Lagerfeld I’m not a marketing person. I don’t ask myself questions. I go by instinct.
Karl LagerfeldKarl Lagerfeld Elegance is a physical quality. If a woman doesn’t have it naked, she’ll never it clothed.
Karl LagerfeldKarl Lagerfeld Like poetry, fashion does not state anything. It merely suggests.
Karl LagerfeldKarl Lagerfeld People 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.
Karl LagerfeldKarl Lagerfeld Books are a hard-bound drug with no danger of an overdose. I am the happy victim of books.
Karl LagerfeldKarl Lagerfeld I like to reinvent myself – it’s part of my job.
Karl LagerfeldKarl Lagerfeld Think pink, but don’t wear it.
Karl LagerfeldKarl Lagerfeld Reinvent new combinations of what you already own. Improvise. Become more creative. Not because you have to, but because you want to. Evolution is the secret for the next step.
Karl LagerfeldKarl Lagerfeld When people want to be liked for what they did, they should stop.
Karl LagerfeldKarl Lagerfeld Black-and-whit e always looks modern, whatever that word means.
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