I’m open to everything. When you start to criticize the times you live in, your time is over.
KARL LAGERFELDIf someone gives me a to-do list, I say ‘thank you, this is nice.’ One needs things to throw in the wastebasket.
More Karl Lagerfeld Quotes
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When I was a child I asked my mother what homosexuality was about and she said – and this was 100 years ago in Germany and she was very open-minded – ‘It’s like hair color. It’s nothing. Some people are blond and some people have dark hair. It’s not a subject.’ This was a very healthy attitude.
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I only know how to play one role: me.
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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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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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Life should be larger than life. Size is important to escape normalization.
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Vanity is the healthiest thing in life.
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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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I only go to places if I have a professional reason. I’m not a tourist.
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Fashion is the healthiest motivation for losing weight.
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During the golden age of movie stars, there were plenty of actresses who were deemed unattractive at the start of their careers, but struggled and finally appeared more beautiful and more iconic. Sometimes that idea of being truly iconic has something to do with not necessarily being beautiful and thus trying harder.
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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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Life is not a beauty contest, some [ugly people] are great. What I hate is nasty, ugly people… the worst is ugly, short men. Women can be short, but for men it is impossible. It is something that they will not forgive in life… they are mean and they want to kill you.
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Those social networks, there’s something sad about them. Is it because they don’t have enough knowledge about friends and people? I don’t understand it. It’s like a talkative mirror where people talk to themselves. And what I hate most in life is selfies.
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I like the idea of craziness with discipline.
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