The French say you get hungry when you’re eating, and I get inspired when I’m working. It’s my engine.
KARL LAGERFELDIf you stick to something doggedly, you are off to a bad start.
More Karl Lagerfeld Quotes
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I’m born with a pencil in my hand. I did lots of sketching.
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If I was a woman in Russia, I would be a lesbian, as the men are very ugly. There are a few handsome ones, like Naomi Campbell’s boyfriend, but there you see the most beautiful women and the most horrible men.
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I like to reinvent myself – it’s part of my job.
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Elegance is a physical quality. If a woman doesn’t have it naked, she’ll never it clothed.
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These are fat mummies sitting with their bags of crisps in front of the television, saying that thin models are ugly. Fashion is about dreams and illusions, and no one wants to see round women.
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When I was a child, I never played with other children. I hated them.
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Don’t wear what you question, wear what you think is right for you.
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I would make myself head of the style police and we would fight fiercely against sloppiness.
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Youthfulness is about how you live not when you were born.
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The purpose of life is life.
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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.
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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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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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My hair is not really white; it’s kind of grayish, and I don’t like the color. So I make it totally white with Klorane dry shampoo. That is the best thing to do because my hair is always clean.
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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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