I think that it’s a crime to say you are bored when time is so precious and there are so many things to do in life: read, learn, watch.
KARL LAGERFELDSometimes it’s easy to have ideas, but somebody has to find a way to do it. Often those responsible for finding a way don’t have the idea.
More Karl Lagerfeld Quotes
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For every book you buy, you should buy the time to read it.
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I design like I breathe. You don’t ask to breathe. It just happens
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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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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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What I’ve done, Coco Chanel would never have done. She would have hated it.
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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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What I hate is nasty, ugly people.
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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 never drink anything hot; I don’t like hot drinks, very strange.
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I think everyone should go to bed like they have a date at the door.
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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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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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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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If you want respect for your past, it means that you have a problem with your present and even more with your future.
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Don’t wear what you question, wear what you think is right for you.
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There’s something boring about people who have to go to an office for a living…
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I do my job like I breathe — so if I can’t breathe I’m in trouble.
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I only know how to play one role: me.
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My only ambition in life . . . is to wear size 28 jeans.
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Clear thinking at the wrong moment can stifle creativity.
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I like the idea of craziness with discipline.
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I’m a working-class person, working with class.
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I am a black diamond, unfaceted. Black diamonds are rare, hard to cut, and therefore uncommercial.
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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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People who say that yesterday was better than today are ultimately devaluing their own existence.
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Vanity is the healthiest thing in life.
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