I like imagination -- and the way I think things could be, had been, or should be -- better than reality.
Interpretation
Imagination holds more value to me than the actual state of reality.
In this quote, Karl Lagerfeld expresses a preference for the world of imagination and possibilities over the actual state of reality. This perspective highlights the creative power of imagination, suggesting that it can be more satisfying and meaningful than the limitations of the real world.
In practice
This quote could be used during a creative workshop to inspire participants to think outside the box.
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.
Gentlemen, I am tormented by questions; answer them for me.
I don't think one can write from a compromised moral position.
There is a God-shaped vacuum in every heart.
A conception not reducible to the small change of daily experience is like a currency not exchangeable for articles of consumption; it is not a symbol, but a fraud.
Hatred obscures all distinctions.
I agree about Shaw - he is haunted by the mystery he flouts. He is an atheist who trembles in the haunted corridor.
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