635 Quotes by Karl Lagerfeld

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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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    When I was younger I wanted to be a caricaturist. In the end, I’ve become a caricature.

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    Only the minute and the future are interesting in fashion – it exists to be destroyed. If everybody did everything with respect, you’d go nowhere.

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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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    There is nothing worse than bringing up the ‘good old days.’ To me, that’s the ultimate acknowledgment of failure.

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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’m like a rock singer with one-night stands on the road.

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