When 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.
KARL LAGERFELDSuccess nullifies. You then have to do it again, preferably differently.
More Karl Lagerfeld Quotes
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If you’re not ready to do a non-stop dialogue with fashion, you should do another job.
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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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I like girls to be wild but at the same time beautifully brought up and very funny.
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I never fall in love.
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Chic is a kind of mayonnaise, either it tastes, or it doesn’t.
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A sense of humour and a little lack of respect: That’s what you need to make a legend survive.
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When you hear designers complaining about the challenge of their profession, you have to say: don’t get carried away-it’s only dresses.
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The smell of a freshly printed book is the best smell in the world.
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Change is the healthiest way to survive.
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I am physically allergic to flip-flops
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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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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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Fashion and music are the same, because music express its period too.
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For every book you buy, you should buy the time to read it.
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When people want to be liked for what they did, they should stop.
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