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.
KARL LAGERFELDWhen I was 14, I wanted to smoke because my mother smoked like mad. I wanted to smoke to look grown-up. But my mother said: ‘You shouldn’t smoke. Your hands are not that beautiful and that shows when you smoke.
More Karl Lagerfeld Quotes
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I’m not a marketing person. I don’t ask myself questions. I go by instinct.
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You have to like the present; if not your life becomes secondhand, if you think it was better before. Or that it will be better in the future.
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Don’t sacrifice yourself too much, because if you sacrifice too much there’s nothing else you can give and nobody will care for you.
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Kate Middleton has a nice silhouette and she is the right girl for that boy. I like that kind of woman, I like romantic beauties. On the other hand, her sister struggles. I don’t like the sister’s face. She should only show her back.
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Don’t wear what you question, wear what you think is right for you.
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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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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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Trendy is the last stage before tacky.
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Normal people think I’m insane.
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I’m very much down to earth, just not this earth.
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Don’t look to the approval of others for your mental stability
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Personality begins where comparison ends.
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I am not a fashion victim. Fashion is my victim.
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I don’t know what “normal” means, anyway.
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I don’t care if people I admire criticize me because their opinion is valuable to me.
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