I'm German in my mind, but from a Germany that doesn't exist any more.
Interpretation
This quote reflects a sense of nostalgia for a bygone era in Germany, highlighting a conflict between identity and change.
Karl Lagerfeld's quote expresses a deep sense of personal and cultural identity tied to a Germany that no longer exists. It suggests that one's mental and emotional sense of self can be influenced by historical contexts, where the individual's mindset may be anchored in a past that has transformed or faded away, leading to a contemplation of how identity can be shaped by history and loss.
In practice
In a discussion about cultural identity during a conference.
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.
To catch the real meaning of the Spirit of Christmas, we need only drop the last syllable, and it becomes the Spirit of Christ.
But Father has also taught him: Treat a man as if he had a fine reputation to protect, and he will usually endeavor to deserve it.
It is strange people should be so greedy, when they are alone in the world.
Even after the Truth has been realised, there remains that strong, obstinate impression that one is still an ego - the agent and experiencer. This has to be carefully removed by living in a state of constant identification with the supreme non-dual Self. Full Awakening is the eventual ceasing of all the mental impressions of being an ego.
Because no man can ever feel his own identity aright except his eyes be closed; as if darkness were indeed the proper element of our essences, though light be more congenial to our clayey part.
Am I motivated by what I really want out of life - or am I mass-motivated?
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