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.
KARL LAGERFELDBooks are a hard-bound drug with no danger of an overdose. I am the happy victim of books.
More Karl Lagerfeld Quotes
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The smell of a freshly printed book is the best smell in the world.
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The thing at the moment is Adele. She is a little too fat, but she has a beautiful face and a divine voice.
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I don’t want to do anything over again, ever again. I want only to do what I haven’t done. There’s no “again.” There’s only the future. I hate the past – especially my own past.
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You come first, the clothes later. Reinvent new combinations of what you already own. Be creative.
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What I hate is nasty, ugly people.
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When people want to be liked for what they did, they should stop.
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I like the idea of craziness with discipline.
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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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I’m born with a pencil in my hand. I did lots of sketching.
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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.
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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 never fall in love.
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Vanity is the healthiest thing in life.
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There’s something boring about people who have to go to an office for a living…
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I’m open to everything. When you start to criticize the times you live in, your time is over.
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I think it’s horrible that people have to be told. Don’t smoke! Everybody knows it’s bad for the health. But they have to forbid it.
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Seduction is, first and foremost, an art form. And seduction should not always be treated as a wild celebration. In fact, it’s more of an evocation of what you do. It’s more an evocation of seduction.
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Stuff your brain with knowledge.
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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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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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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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I am physically allergic to flip-flops
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Like poetry, fashion does not state anything. It merely suggests.
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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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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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Luxury is the income tax of vanity. But it is so pleasant.
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