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.
KARL LAGERFELDWhen I was a child I asked my mother what homosexuality was about and she said – and this was 100 years ago in Germany and she was very open-minded – ‘It’s like hair color. It’s nothing. Some people are blond and some people have dark hair. It’s not a subject.’ This was a very healthy attitude.
More Karl Lagerfeld Quotes
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If someone gives me a to-do list, I say ‘thank you, this is nice.’ One needs things to throw in the wastebasket.
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One is never over-dressed or underdressed with a Little Black Dress.
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Luxury is the income tax of vanity. But it is so pleasant.
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Chanel 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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Bears are very nice, as long as you are nice to them.
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I never drink anything hot; I don’t like hot drinks, very strange.
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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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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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The elegance is as physical, as moral quality that has nothing common with the clothing. You can see a countrywoman more elegant than one so called elegant woman.
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It’s up to you to make everyday as perfect as possible. It’s a question of will and discipline.
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Sunglasses are like eye shadow: They make everything look younger and pretty
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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.
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I get along with everyone except for men my age, who are bourgeois or retired or boring.
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I’m born with a pencil in my hand. I did lots of sketching.
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What I hate is nasty, ugly people.
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