Fashion keeps me designing: the love of change, the idea that the next one will be the right one, the nonstop dialogue
Interpretation
This quote reflects the passion for innovation and the pursuit of perfection in fashion design.
Karl Lagerfeld articulates the essence of creativity in fashion, emphasizing the continuous evolution and excitement that comes with change. He highlights how the anticipation of new designs and the hope that the next creation will be the best one drives his work and passion for the industry.
In practice
This quote can be used during a fashion design seminar to inspire upcoming designers.
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.
All great art is born of the metropolis.
You have to create the show anew, and find it anew, on a nightly basis.
That's what happens in a good horror movie: there are always metaphors of greater subjects like humanity and empathy and compassion. It's not about the action and scary moments: You really care about these characters because they're mirrors of our own reflections.
The fear of poetry is an indication that we are cut off from our own reality.
If you go all the way back, I've always written science-fiction, I've always written fantasy, I've always written horror stories and monster stories, right from the beginning of my career. I've always moved back and forth between the genres. I don't really recognise that there's a significant difference between them in some senses.
Obsession is beautiful. It's what makes art.
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