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 LAGERFELDMy job is to bring out in people what they wouldn’t dare do themselves.
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I design like I breathe. You don’t ask to breathe. It just happens
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I like everything to be washable, myself included.
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People who say that yesterday was better than today are ultimately devaluing their own existence.
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I like girls to be wild but at the same time beautifully brought up and very funny.
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I’m very much down to earth, just not this earth.
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Elegance is a physical quality. If a woman doesn’t have it naked, she’ll never it clothed.
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The most important piece in the house is the garbage can.
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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 only know how to play one role: me.
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I sleep seven hours. If I go to bed at two, I wake up at nine. If I go to bed at midnight, I wake up at seven. I don’t wake up before – the house can fall apart, but I sleep for seven hours.
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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.
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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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Chanel is composed of only a few elements, white camellias, quilted bags and Austrian doorman’s jackets, pearls, chains, shoes with black toes. I use these elements like notes to play with.
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I love classic beauty. It’s an idea of beauty with no standard.
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Nothing makes you look older than attempting to look young.
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