I’m all self-taught. I never had a teacher. Even for English, and French, and German, I hardly went to school.
KARL LAGERFELDI’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.
More Karl Lagerfeld Quotes
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There’s something boring about people who have to go to an office for a living…
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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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When people want to be liked for what they did, they should stop.
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My job is to bring out in people what they wouldn’t dare do themselves.
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I don’t do meetings. At Chanel, there are no meetings. At Chanel, we do what we want, whenever we want and it works. And Fendi is the same.
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I don’t want to do anything over again, ever again. I want only to do what I haven’t done. There’s no “again.” There’s only the future. I hate the past – especially my own past.
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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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Don’t wear what you question, wear what you think is right for you.
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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.
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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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I love classic beauty. It’s an idea of beauty with no standard.
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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.
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I don’t like sleeping with people I really love. I don’t want to sleep with them because sex cannot last, but affection can last forever.
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I’m very much down to earth, just not this earth.
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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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