The most important piece in the house is the garbage can.
KARL LAGERFELDChanel is composed of only a few elements, white camellias, quilted bags and Austrian doorman’s jackets, pearls, chains, shoes with black toes. I use these elements like notes to play with.
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The French say you get hungry when you’re eating, and I get inspired when I’m working. It’s my engine.
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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.
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What I’ve done, Coco Chanel would never have done. She would have hated it.
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I don’t know what “normal” means, anyway.
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I only know how to play one role: me.
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Clear thinking at the wrong moment can stifle creativity.
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People who say that yesterday was better than today are ultimately devaluing their own existence.
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I have no personality, or I have three, depending on how you look at it.
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I’m born with a pencil in my hand. I did lots of sketching.
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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.
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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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A respectable appearance is sufficient to make people more interested in your soul
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I’m not a social person. Not that I’m not at ease. I’m pretty good, but it bores me. Not the people, but the whole thing. What for? It’s not very productive. I only want to do what I have to do: fashion, photography, books. And that’s all.
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I’m never content with what I do. I live in a sort of permanent dissatisfaction. I think that’s the secret to doing things well.
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If you’re not ready to do a non-stop dialogue with fashion, you should do another job.
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