The flat shoe makes the woman equal of men. When they have high [shoes], they play a part like a geisha, and they can’t be expected to be taken that seriously.
KARL LAGERFELDPeople who do a job that claims to be creative have to be alone to recharge their batteries. You can’t live 24 hours a day in the spotlight and remain creative. For people like me, solitude is a victory.
More Karl Lagerfeld Quotes
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Sometimes it’s easy to have ideas, but somebody has to find a way to do it. Often those responsible for finding a way don’t have the idea.
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Books are a hard-bound drug with no danger of an overdose. I am the happy victim of books.
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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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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’m all self-taught. I never had a teacher. Even for English, and French, and German, I hardly went to school.
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I am a black diamond, unfaceted. Black diamonds are rare, hard to cut, and therefore uncommercial.
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There’s something boring about people who have to go to an office for a living…
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What I love best in life is new starts.
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I don’t do meetings. At Chanel, there are no meetings. At Chanel, we do what we want, whenever we want and it works. And Fendi is the same.
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When you hear designers complaining about the challenge of their profession, you have to say: don’t get carried away-it’s only dresses.
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I’m not an employee who goes to the office every morning at the same time. Then, vacations are needed.
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Buy only because something excites you, not just for the simple act of shopping.
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I like the idea of craziness with discipline.
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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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I hate birthdays, .. It’s more like a new starting point in New York. For me, it’s an evolution. I don’t celebrate the past. I like the present and tomorrow.
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