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.
KARL LAGERFELDAs a child I wanted to be a grown-up. I wanted to know everything – not that I like to talk about it. I hate intellectual conversation with intellectuals because I only care about my opinion.
More Karl Lagerfeld Quotes
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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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Don’t dress to kill, dress to survive.
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I only go to places if I have a professional reason. I’m not a tourist.
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Success nullifies. You then have to do it again, preferably differently.
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Life should be larger than life. Size is important to escape normalization.
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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 like girls to be wild but at the same time beautifully brought up and very funny.
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Sunglasses are like eye shadow: They make everything look younger and pretty
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I was never a feminist because I was never ugly enough for that.
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I design like I breathe. You don’t ask to breathe. It just happens
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The purpose of life is life.
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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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A respectable appearance is sufficient to make people more interested in your soul
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If you want respect for your past, it means that you have a problem with your present and even more with your future.
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I like everything to be washable, myself included.
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