What I hate is nasty, ugly people.
KARL LAGERFELDFor every book you buy, you should buy the time to read it.
More Karl Lagerfeld Quotes
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I would make myself head of the style police and we would fight fiercely against sloppiness.
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The flat shoe makes the woman equal of men. When they have high [shoes], they play a part like a geisha, and they can’t be expected to be taken that seriously.
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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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With expensive fashion, the inside should be as perfect as the outside.
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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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Stuff your brain with knowledge.
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Sweatpants are a sign of defeat. You lost control of your life so you bought some sweatpants.
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Don’t wear what you question, wear what you think is right for you.
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If you stick to something doggedly, you are off to a bad start.
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I’m very much down to earth, just not this earth.
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If I was a woman in Russia, I would be a lesbian, as the men are very ugly. There are a few handsome ones, like Naomi Campbell’s boyfriend, but there you see the most beautiful women and the most horrible men.
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My job is to bring out in people what they wouldn’t dare do themselves.
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I’m born with a pencil in my hand. I did lots of sketching.
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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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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.
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The best thing to do is dive with your imagination ~ you can never drown yourself.
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I like everything to be washable, myself included.
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When I was a child, I never played with other children. I hated them.
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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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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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Work is making a living out of being bored.
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Clear thinking at the wrong moment can stifle creativity.
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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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I never fall in love.
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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.
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Be politically correct, but please don’t bother other people with conversation about being politically correct, because that’s the end of everything. You want to create boredom? Be politically correct in your conversation.
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