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 all self-taught. I never had a teacher. Even for English, and French, and German, I hardly went to school.
More Karl Lagerfeld Quotes
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I am physically allergic to flip-flops
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Keep the best, forget the rest.
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Buy what you don’t have yet, or what you really want, which can be mixed with what you already own. Buy only because something excites you, not just for the simple act of shopping.
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The secret to modeling is not being perfect. What one needs is a face that people can identify in a second. You have to be given what’s needed by nature, and what’s needed is to bring something new.
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A respectable appearance is sufficient to make people more interested in your soul
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Fashion designers are dictators of taste.
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Buy only because something excites you, not just for the simple act of shopping.
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I never fall in love.
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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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People who say that yesterday was better than today are ultimately devaluing their own existence.
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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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Clear thinking at the wrong moment can stifle creativity.
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I design like I breathe. You don’t ask to breathe. It just happens
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If you stick to something doggedly, you are off to a bad start.
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Like poetry, fashion does not state anything. It merely suggests.
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