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.
KARL LAGERFELDElegance is a physical quality. If a woman doesn’t have it naked, she’ll never it clothed.
More Karl Lagerfeld Quotes
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When 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.
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Guilty feelings about clothes are totally unnecessary. A lot of people earn their living by making clothes, so you should never feel bad.
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I am not a fashion victim. Fashion is my victim.
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Clear thinking at the wrong moment can stifle creativity.
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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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The smell of a freshly printed book is the best smell in the world.
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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.
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I like everything to be washable, myself included.
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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.
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My job is to bring out in people what they wouldn’t dare do themselves.
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Fashion is a language that creates itself in clothes to interpret reality.
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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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I think tattoos are horrible. It’s like living in a Pucci dress full-time.
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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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Normal people think I’m insane.
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