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 LAGERFELDClear thinking at the wrong moment can stifle creativity.
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I don’t do meetings. At Chanel, there are no meetings. At Chanel, we do what we want, whenever we want and it works. And Fendi is the same.
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Forgiveness is too easy. I can forget by indifference, but not forgive. I prefer revenge.
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The secret to modeling is not being perfect. What one needs is a face that people can identify in a second. You have to be given what’s needed by nature, and what’s needed is to bring something new.
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The elegance is as physical, as moral quality that has nothing common with the clothing. You can see a countrywoman more elegant than one so called elegant woman.
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I’m very much down to earth, just not this earth.
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I design like I breathe. You don’t ask to breathe. It just happens
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What I hate is nasty, ugly people.
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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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Books are a hard-bound drug with no danger of an overdose. I am the happy victim of books.
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Seduction is, first and foremost, an art form. And seduction should not always be treated as a wild celebration. In fact, it’s more of an evocation of what you do. It’s more an evocation of seduction.
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If you stick to something doggedly, you are off to a bad start.
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As 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.
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Fashion is a language that creates itself in clothes to interpret reality.
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Like poetry, fashion does not state anything. It merely suggests.
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Think pink, but don’t wear it.
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