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.
KARL LAGERFELDI 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.
More Karl Lagerfeld Quotes
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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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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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I am not a fashion victim. Fashion is my victim.
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The most important piece in the house is the garbage can.
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To reinvent a newly impeccable you in the most modern of outfits, don’t skip on makeup and be sure to have flawless skin and hair. That will have more impact than expensive clothes.
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The middle has not enough class that I think about the middle class.
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I like to reinvent myself – it’s part of my job.
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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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You have to like the present; if not your life becomes secondhand, if you think it was better before. Or that it will be better in the future.
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Buy only because something excites you, not just for the simple act of shopping.
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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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Fashion designers are dictators of taste.
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If someone gives me a to-do list, I say ‘thank you, this is nice.’ One needs things to throw in the wastebasket.
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I like the discipline of well-cut, impeccable clothes. I think it’s a very healthy discipline.
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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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One is never over-dressed or underdressed with a Little Black Dress.
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The best thing to do is dive with your imagination ~ you can never drown yourself.
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I never drink anything hot; I don’t like hot drinks, very strange.
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My job is to bring out in people what they wouldn’t dare do themselves.
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For every book you buy, you should buy the time to read it.
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When people talk about the good old days, I say to people, ‘It’s not the days that are old, it’s you that’s old.’ I hate the good old days. What is important is that today is good.
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When I was a child, I never played with other children. I hated them.
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I only know how to play one role: me.
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My only ambition in life . . . is to wear size 28 jeans.
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The French say you get hungry when you’re eating, and I get inspired when I’m working. It’s my engine.
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People who say that yesterday was better than today are ultimately devaluing their own existence.
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