Chic is a kind of mayonnaise, either it tastes, or it doesn’t.
KARL LAGERFELDThe purpose of life is life.
More Karl Lagerfeld Quotes
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I think everyone should go to bed like they have a date at the door.
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The brain is a muscle, and I’m a kind of body-builder.
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You cannot fake chic but you can be chic and fake fur
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I don’t like standard beauty – there is no beauty without strangeness.
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I hate the word ‘cheap’. People are cheap. Clothing is either expensive or inexpensive.
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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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EXTREME LUXURY ISN’T THE MOST BLING-BLING, IT’S EXTREME REFINEMENT, WHICH IS COUTURE AT ITS FINEST.
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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’m open to everything. When you start to criticize the times you live in, your time is over.
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I like the idea of craziness with discipline.
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A respectable appearance is sufficient to make people more interested in your soul
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Stuff your brain with knowledge.
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I was never a feminist because I was never ugly enough for that.
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If you stick to something doggedly, you are off to a bad start.
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I’m not a marketing person. I don’t ask myself questions. I go by instinct.
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Don’t dress to kill, dress to survive.
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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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Never use the word “cheap”. Today everybody can look chic in inexpensive clothes (the rich buy them too). There is good clothing design on every level today. You can be the chicest thing in the world in a T-shirt and jeans – it’s up to you.
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Buy only because something excites you, not just for the simple act of shopping.
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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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As a child I wanted to be a grown-up. I wanted to know everything – not that I like to talk about it. I hate intellectual conversation with intellectuals because I only care about my opinion.
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Work is making a living out of being bored.
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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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You come first, the clothes later. Reinvent new combinations of what you already own. Be creative.
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What i like about photographs is that they capture a moment that’s gone forever, impossible to reproduce.
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