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Karl Lagerfeld, born on September 10, 1933, is a renowned German fashion designer. He is highly esteemed in the fashion industry and has served as the creative director for several luxury brands, including Chanel and Fendi. Lagerfeld's unique style and forward-thinking design philosophy have influenced global fashion trends.

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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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“I care more about the people than about the company. That's why I don't want to own it. I don't want to run a business. People do it better than I do.”

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“I like to be on TV when interviewers are good. I like it especially when it's live. When they can cut things, I don't like it as much. Sometimes they cut something and say, "Well, you would get in trouble, you would get a lawsuit." I tell them, "Well, I don't want my lawyers to be unemployed."”

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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 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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“I don't have prejudices. I'm against taboos. But of course there are some things I'll never touch - because as a mom, there are things one doesn't want their children to be around.”

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“People want to know everything, and so they put you in the limelight. Sometimes, I am not down to earth, and I think I am flying away from the outer realms of reality.”

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“I don't even want to have things associated with my name on the internet - it's very dangerous.”

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“No one wants to see curvy women.”

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“What I hate most in life are people who are not really the peach of the day but who want to be young and sexy. You can fool nobody. There is a moment when you have to accept that somebody else is younger and fresher and hotter. Life is not a beauty contest.”

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“Buy clothes the size you want to wear.”

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“Foreigners don't want to invest any more in France - and this is not working.”

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“There will be gay couples; it will exist. It is not very nice that people who are married - who divorce in three seconds - don’t want protection for the others. The legal system should protect everyone, not just the few people who think they are above everybody else because they are married.”

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“I want everyone to wear what they want and mix it in their own way. That, to me, is what is modern.”

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“When people want to be liked for what they did, they should stop.”

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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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“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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“These are fat mummies sitting with their bags of crisps in front of the television, saying that thin models are ugly. Fashion is about dreams and illusions, and no one wants to see round women.”

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“I have a guest house because I don't want people in my home.”

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“Life is not a beauty contest, some [ugly people] are great. What I hate is nasty, ugly people... the worst is ugly, short men. Women can be short, but for men it is impossible. It is something that they will not forgive in life... they are mean and they want to kill you.”

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“You cannot fight against it. There's a price you have to pay for fame, and people who don't want to pay that price can get in trouble. I accepted the idea of celebrity because of a French expression: 'You cannot have the butter and the money for the butter.'”

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“They're my burka... I'm a little shortsighted, and people, when they're shortsighted, they remove their glasses and then they look like cute little dogs who want to be adopted.”

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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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“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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“Be politically correct, but please don't bother other people with conversation about being politically correct, because that's the end of everything. You want to create boredom? Be politically correct in your conversation.”

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“If I read too much or know too much it's not because I want to talk about it, it's only because it's interesting for me.”

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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 don't want to look sloppy, because then I feel sloppy”

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“I rather want my things to be copied than me copying. I would feel ashamed!”

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“Why should I stop working? If I do, I'll die and it'll all be finished. 'm lucky to work in the most perfect of conditions. I can do what I want in all kinds of areas. The expenses are not expenses. I would be stupid to stop that. Work is making a living out of being bored.”

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“Children are the last thing I want. I hate all children. For other people, it's fine, but not for me. I was born not to be a family person.”

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“We create a product nobody needs but people want. You spend more for what you really want; some boring things you need: an ugly old car can wait, but if you have a new fashion item it cannot wait.”

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About the Author

Born: September 10, 1933
Known for: Fashion designer
Quotes: 372

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