Forgiveness is too easy. I can forget by indifference, but not forgive. I prefer revenge.
KARL LAGERFELDThe secret to modeling is not being perfect. What one needs is a face that people can identify in a second. You have to be given what’s needed by nature, and what’s needed is to bring something new.
More Karl Lagerfeld Quotes
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I love classic beauty. It’s an idea of beauty with no standard.
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The secret to modeling is not being perfect. What one needs is a face that people can identify in a second. You have to be given what’s needed by nature, and what’s needed is to bring something new.
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I do my job like I breathe — so if I can’t breathe I’m in trouble.
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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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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.
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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.
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It’s great that in life you do something that you want to do because you like doing it and you’re not bored. I’m not bored at all. I’m even interested in lots of things, more so today than before.
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Nothing scares me more than people with some doll collection.
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I like the discipline of well-cut, impeccable clothes. I think it’s a very healthy discipline.
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You cannot fake chic but you can be chic and fake fur
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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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What I love best in life is new starts.
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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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The clothes don’t have to suit you; you have to suit the clothes.
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I don’t like standard beauty – there is no beauty without strangeness.
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