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.
KARL LAGERFELDI’m born with a pencil in my hand. I did lots of sketching.
More Karl Lagerfeld Quotes
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I don’t know what “normal” means, anyway.
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One is never over-dressed or underdressed with a Little Black Dress.
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My job is to bring out in people what they wouldn’t dare do themselves.
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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 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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Black-and-whit e always looks modern, whatever that word means.
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I only know how to play one role: me.
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Fashion is a language that creates itself in clothes to interpret reality.
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No one wants to see curvy women.
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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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I like the idea of craziness with discipline.
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There’s something boring about people who have to go to an office for a living…
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Luxury is the income tax of vanity. But it is so pleasant.
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I never fall in love.
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Be politically correct, but please don’t bother other people with conversation about being politically correct, because that’s the end of everything. You want to create boredom? Be politically correct in your conversation.
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