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 LAGERFELDI’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.
More Karl Lagerfeld Quotes
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Never use the word “cheap”. Today everybody can look chic in inexpensive clothes (the rich buy them too). There is good clothing design on every level today. You can be the chicest thing in the world in a T-shirt and jeans – it’s up to you.
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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’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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I was never a feminist because I was never ugly enough for that.
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I am not a fashion victim. Fashion is my victim.
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I don’t want to look sloppy, because then I feel sloppy
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What I hate is nasty, ugly people.
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You come first, the clothes later. Reinvent new combinations of what you already own. Be creative.
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I don’t know what “normal” means, anyway.
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Success nullifies. You then have to do it again, preferably differently.
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Fashion and music are the same, because music express its period too.
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Clear thinking at the wrong moment can stifle creativity.
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Don’t dress to kill, dress to survive.
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When people want to be liked for what they did, they should stop.
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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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