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.
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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With expensive fashion, the inside should be as perfect as the outside.
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I am not a fashion victim. Fashion is my victim.
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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 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’m very much down to earth, just not this earth.
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What I hate is nasty, ugly people.
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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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Bears are very nice, as long as you are nice to 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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Don’t look to the approval of others for your mental stability
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Chic is a kind of mayonnaise, either it tastes, or it doesn’t.
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I love classic beauty. It’s an idea of beauty with no standard.
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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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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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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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