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Success nullifies. You then have to do it again, preferably differently.

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Karl Lagerfeld
Age: 85 †
Born: 1933
Born: September 10
Died: 2019
Died: February 19
Collector
Costume Designer
Dressmaker
Fashion Designer
Fashion Photographer
Film Director
Photographer
Postage Stamp Designer
Publisher
Hamburg
Freie und Hansestadt
Karl Otto Lagerfeldt
Karl Otto Lagerfeld
Karl-Otto Lagerfeld
Preferably
Differently
Success
Nullifies

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I think everyone should go to bed like they have a date at the door.
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I can hardly eat meat because it has to look like something what it was not when it was alive.
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I am a completely different person when I am working on different collections.
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Guilty feelings about clothes are totally unnecessary. A lot of people earn their living by making clothes, so you should never feel bad.
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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 am like a caricature of myself, and I like that. It is like a mask. And for me the Carnival of Venice lasts all year long.
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Forgiveness isn’t something I’m preoccupied with — turning the other cheek isn’t my trip.
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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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Kate Middleton has a nice silhouette and she is the right girl for that boy. I like that kind of woman, I like romantic beauties. On the other hand, her sister struggles. I don't like the sister's face. She should only show her back.
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I like newspapers. Maybe the iPad is very modern and everything, and I'm not against it, but I like the physical contact. And the physical contact of metal and glass is not as sensuous as paper.
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I'm not a marketing person. I don't ask myself questions. I go by instinct.
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Sunglasses are like eye shadow: They make everything look younger and pretty
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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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The flat shoe makes the woman equal of men. When they have high [shoes], they play a part like a geisha, and they can't be expected to be taken that seriously.
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I don't want to look sloppy, because then I feel sloppy
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Things have to be beautifully made, even if they are full of fun, fantasy and futility
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The first thing I do when I get up, I have breakfast.
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Chic is a kind of mayonnaise, either it tastes, or it doesn't.
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My life is based on change. What I say is OK for the next ten minutes, then I change my mind.
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My job is to bring out in people what they wouldn't dare do themselves.
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