Karl Lagerfeld on capture
Karl Lagerfeld146 quotes“What i like about photographs is that they capture a moment that’s gone forever, impossible to reproduce.”
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A sense of humour and a little lack of respect: That’s what you need to make a legend survive.
Karl LagerfeldKarl Lagerfeld I am not a fashion victim. Fashion is my victim.
Karl LagerfeldKarl Lagerfeld 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 LagerfeldKarl Lagerfeld 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.
Karl LagerfeldKarl Lagerfeld Buy only because something excites you, not just for the simple act of shopping.
Karl LagerfeldKarl Lagerfeld Vanity is the healthiest thing in life.
Karl LagerfeldKarl Lagerfeld Logos and branding are so important. In a big part of the world, people cannot read French or English–but are great in remembering signs.
Karl LagerfeldKarl Lagerfeld The best thing to do is dive with your imagination ~ you can never drown yourself.
Karl LagerfeldKarl Lagerfeld If you want respect for your past, it means that you have a problem with your present and even more with your future.
Karl LagerfeldKarl Lagerfeld Success nullifies. You then have to do it again, preferably differently.
Karl LagerfeldKarl Lagerfeld 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.
Karl LagerfeldKarl Lagerfeld If someone gives me a to-do list, I say ‘thank you, this is nice.’ One needs things to throw in the wastebasket.
Karl LagerfeldKarl Lagerfeld 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 LagerfeldKarl Lagerfeld For every book you buy, you should buy the time to read it.
Karl LagerfeldKarl Lagerfeld What I love best in life is new starts.
Karl LagerfeldKarl Lagerfeld Buy what you don’t have yet, or what you really want, which can be mixed with what you already own. Buy only because something excites you, not just for the simple act of shopping.
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Thoughts on a tapestry. Colour or black and white. A brush, a pen, A flash of light. Ideas flowing soon, about to take flight.
Gerard GleesonGerard Gleeson Like deep water, she was silent. His lips tasted of salt. He was both addicting and bitter all at once.
MoomerMoomer Always show kindness and love to others. Your words might be filling the empty places in someone else heart.
Alexander KandovAlexander Kandov And I would lie on your chest for hours and dream about the world in your arms but your thoughts were in another world.
Ani ShahverdyanAni Shahverdyan Your smile and your laughter lit my whole world.
Ranata SuzukiRanata Suzuki Often all we can do is breathe, even that can be hard sometimes.
Julia Kellogg HenryJulia Kellogg Henry I am addicted to your madness drunk on your toxic love. Infect me with your poison, lets make storms rage above.
Laura Natoli-KearneyLaura Natoli-Kearney The more you fail, recover, and improve, the better you are as a person.
Laura CleggLaura Clegg
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More on capture
If as a writer, you want to capture the world we live in, I think you have some responsibility to at least try to get at some of the ways we’ve chosen to govern ourselves.
Adam HaslettAdam Haslett Me personally, I just wanted to do that to capture These Days.With DAY-lyt.
AB SoulAB Soul I did not enter into silence. Silence captured me.
Ezra PoundEzra Pound The best things that capture your imagination are ones you hadn’t thought of before and that aren’t talked about in the news all the time.
Steve WozniakSteve Wozniak Yes, there are wounds but we are not conquered.
W. ScottW. Scott One day an army of gray-haired women may quietly take over the Earth!
Gloria SteinemGloria Steinem You can’t overthink the music. Mood and intensity can’t be manufactured. The blues isn’t about structure; it’s what you bring to it. The spontaneity of capturing a specific moment is what drives it.
Jimmy PageJimmy Page Success waits patiently for anyone who has the determination and strength to seize it.
Booker T. WashingtonBooker T. Washington
