I’m all self-taught. I never had a teacher. Even for English, and French, and German, I hardly went to school.
KARL LAGERFELDChic is a kind of mayonnaise, either it tastes, or it doesn’t.
More Karl Lagerfeld Quotes
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I don’t like standard beauty – there is no beauty without strangeness.
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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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Normal people think I’m insane.
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I hate birthdays, .. It’s more like a new starting point in New York. For me, it’s an evolution. I don’t celebrate the past. I like the present and tomorrow.
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Bears are very nice, as long as you are nice to them.
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I only know how to play one role: me.
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I am not a fashion victim. Fashion is my victim.
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I’m very much down to earth, just not this earth.
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It’s up to you to make everyday as perfect as possible. It’s a question of will and discipline.
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I think tattoos are horrible. It’s like living in a Pucci dress full-time.
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Reinvent new combinations of what you already own. Improvise. Become more creative. Not because you have to, but because you want to. Evolution is the secret for the next step.
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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.
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It’s great that in life you do something that you want to do because you like doing it and you’re not bored. I’m not bored at all. I’m even interested in lots of things, more so today than before.
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Seduction is, first and foremost, an art form. And seduction should not always be treated as a wild celebration. In fact, it’s more of an evocation of what you do. It’s more an evocation of seduction.
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I’m never content with what I do. I live in a sort of permanent dissatisfaction. I think that’s the secret to doing things well.
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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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Sunglasses are like eye shadow: They make everything look younger and pretty
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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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What I love best in life is new starts.
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The thing at the moment is Adele. She is a little too fat, but she has a beautiful face and a divine voice.
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Forgiveness is too easy. I can forget by indifference, but not forgive. I prefer revenge.
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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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I was never a feminist because I was never ugly enough for that.
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The clothes don’t have to suit you; you have to suit the clothes.
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Its all about taste.If you are cheap, nothing helps
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You come first, the clothes later. Reinvent new combinations of what you already own. Be creative.
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