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Famous Karl Lagerfeld Quotes
“Absurdity and anti—absurdity are the two poles of creative energy.”
“Fashion is a language that creates itself in clothes to interpret reality.”
“People who say that yesterday was better than today are ultimately devaluing their own existence.”
“I do my job like I breathe — so if I can’t breathe I’m in trouble.”
“The only love that I really believe in is a mother’s love for her children.”
“Youthfulness is about how you live not when you were born.”
“The woman is the most perfect doll that i have dressed with delight and admiration.”
“Sweatpants are a sign of defeat. You lost control of your life so you bought some sweatpants.”
“Luxury is the ease of a t-shirt in a very expensive dress.”
“Fashion is about two things: the evolution and the opposite.”
“For every book you buy, you should buy the time to read it.”
“I don't like standard beauty - there is no beauty without strangeness.”
“What I've done, Coco Chanel would never have done. She would have hated it.”
“I'm a very down-to-earth person, but it is my job to make that earth more pleasant.”
“Chic is a kind of mayonnaise, either it tastes, or it doesn't.”
“With expensive fashion, the inside should be as perfect as the outside.”
“My sisters were sent away because my mother thought they were boring. I was not boring.”
“Elegance is a physical quality. If a woman doesn't have it naked, she'll never it clothed.”
“I always loved advertising. If I hadn't been in fashion, I'd have been in advertising.”