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 do my job like I breathe — so if I can’t breathe I’m in trouble.
More Karl Lagerfeld Quotes
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To reinvent a newly impeccable you in the most modern of outfits, don’t skip on makeup and be sure to have flawless skin and hair. That will have more impact than expensive clothes.
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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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Think pink, but don’t wear it.
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I don’t like standard beauty – there is no beauty without strangeness.
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The best thing to do is dive with your imagination ~ you can never drown yourself.
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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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People 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.
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I design like I breathe. You don’t ask to breathe. It just happens
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Normal people think I’m insane.
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What I hate is nasty, ugly people.
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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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A sense of humour and a little lack of respect: That’s what you need to make a legend survive.
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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 think that it’s a crime to say you are bored when time is so precious and there are so many things to do in life: read, learn, watch.
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I would make myself head of the style police and we would fight fiercely against sloppiness.
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