I hated the company of other children. I wanted to be a grownup person, to be taken seriously. I hated the idea of childhood; I thought it was a moment of endless stupidity.
KARL LAGERFELDNothing makes you look older than attempting to look young.
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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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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’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.
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The best thing to do is dive with your imagination ~ you can never drown yourself.
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A respectable appearance is sufficient to make people more interested in your soul
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I design like I breathe. You don’t ask to breathe. It just happens
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As a child I wanted to be a grown-up. I wanted to know everything – not that I like to talk about it. I hate intellectual conversation with intellectuals because I only care about my opinion.
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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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The clothes don’t have to suit you; you have to suit the clothes.
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I only know how to play one role: me.
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Nothing makes you look older than attempting to look young.
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The secret to modeling is not being perfect. What one needs is a face that people can identify in a second. You have to be given what’s needed by nature, and what’s needed is to bring something new.
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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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Bears are very nice, as long as you are nice to them.
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