Logos and branding are so important. In a big part of the world, people cannot read French or English–but are great in remembering signs.
KARL LAGERFELDDon’t sacrifice yourself too much, because if you sacrifice too much there’s nothing else you can give and nobody will care for you.
More Karl Lagerfeld Quotes
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My hair is not really white; it’s kind of grayish, and I don’t like the color. So I make it totally white with Klorane dry shampoo. That is the best thing to do because my hair is always clean.
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Life should be larger than life. Size is important to escape normalization.
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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 only know how to play one role: me.
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I don’t want to do anything over again, ever again. I want only to do what I haven’t done. There’s no “again.” There’s only the future. I hate the past – especially my own past.
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When people want to be liked for what they did, they should stop.
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The smell of a freshly printed book is the best smell in the world.
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It’s great that in life you do something that you want to do because you like doing it and you’re not bored. I’m not bored at all. I’m even interested in lots of things, more so today than before.
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Clear thinking at the wrong moment can stifle creativity.
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Sometimes it’s easy to have ideas, but somebody has to find a way to do it. Often those responsible for finding a way don’t have the idea.
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I hate amateurs. I hate unprofessional people. There are enough people who can do jobs decently that there’s no reason that people who cannot do them decently [should] pretend to be great at it.
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You cannot fake chic but you can be chic and fake fur
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Don’t wear what you question, wear what you think is right for you.
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Chic is a kind of mayonnaise, either it tastes, or it doesn’t.
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I’m all self-taught. I never had a teacher. Even for English, and French, and German, I hardly went to school.
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I’ve survived quite a few generations. That’s because I never lost my enthusiasm. I wake up every morning like on Christmas Day, waiting for the gifts.
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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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In a meat-eating world, wearing leather for shoes and clothes and even handbags, the discussion of fur is childish.
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There’s something boring about people who have to go to an office for a living…
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I’m born with a pencil in my hand. I did lots of sketching.
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People who say that yesterday was better than today are ultimately devaluing their own existence.
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The most important piece in the house is the garbage can.
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When you hear designers complaining about the challenge of their profession, you have to say: don’t get carried away-it’s only dresses.
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I’m very much down to earth, just not this earth.
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The clothes don’t have to suit you; you have to suit the clothes.
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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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