I’m not a social person. Not that I’m not at ease. I’m pretty good, but it bores me. Not the people, but the whole thing. What for? It’s not very productive. I only want to do what I have to do: fashion, photography, books. And that’s all.
KARL LAGERFELDI’m not an employee who goes to the office every morning at the same time. Then, vacations are needed.
More Karl Lagerfeld Quotes
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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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Normal people think I’m insane.
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I don’t like standard beauty – there is no beauty without strangeness.
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I like the idea of craziness with discipline.
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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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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 think everyone should go to bed like they have a date at the door.
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Stuff your brain with knowledge.
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I’m all self-taught. I never had a teacher. Even for English, and French, and German, I hardly went to school.
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When people want to be liked for what they did, they should stop.
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The brain is a muscle, and I’m a kind of body-builder.
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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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Work is making a living out of being bored.
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You come first, the clothes later. Reinvent new combinations of what you already own. Be creative.
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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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