The best ideas I've had in my life are those I saw in my sleep, in the early morning.
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes the value of dreams and morning insights as sources of creativity and innovation.
Karl Lagerfeld suggests that some of his most valuable ideas emerged during his mornings after dreaming. This highlights the significance of subconscious thoughts and the potential for innovative thinking that can arise during restful periods, reminding us that inspiration can come from unexpected places, including our own dreams.
In practice
In a motivational speech about creativity, one could start with this quote to encourage others to appreciate their dreams.
I believe in sketching because there is something very sensitive in sketching, you know, in sketches that you don't have out of a computer that looks the same like everybody even if, later on, the dresses are OK, but I like to sketch, and I like to see trails made after my sketches that look the same. It is you know, what I like.
I'm open to everything. When you start to criticize the times you live in, your time is over.
If I could be reincarnated as a fashion accessory, it would be a shopping bag.
Chic is a kind of mayonnaise, either it tastes, or it doesn't.
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.
Elegance has nothing to do with fashion.
I hoped for something else. It's a simple dream, but it speaks to us so powerfully because it is our dream - one that exists at the very center of the American experience. One that says if you're willing to work hard and take responsibility, then you'll have the chance to reach for something else; for something better.
There’s nothing better than discovering, to your own astonishment, what you’re meant to do. It’s like falling in love.
Even places that have been shrouded in darkness for billions of years can be illuminated. Even a stone from the bottom of a river can be used to produce fire. Our present sufferings, no matter how dark, have certainly not continued for billions of years--nor will they linger forever. The sun will definitely rise. In fact, its ascent has already begun.
I had always been proud of my body - its strength and grace enabled me to pursue my passions.
What the world need is people who have come alive.
It seems only fitting that we have a trans superhero for trans kids to look up to. I wish there was a trans superhero when I was little.
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