I've survived quite a few generations. That's because I never lost my enthusiasm. I wake up every morning like on Christmas Day, waiting for the gifts.
Interpretation
Maintaining enthusiasm and a positive outlook can lead to a fulfilling and joyful life.
In this quote, Karl Lagerfeld emphasizes the importance of enthusiasm and a joyful perspective on life. He suggests that despite the challenges and changes that come with different generations, his ability to wake up each day with excitement and anticipation—like it's Christmas Day—has allowed him to thrive through adversity. This mindset fosters resilience and happiness in daily life.
In practice
This quote can be used in a motivational speech to encourage others to embrace each day with excitement.
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 HAVE ALWAYS believed that each man makes his own happiness and is responsible for his own problems.
Smile, it enhances your face value.
You can't reason yourself back into cheerfulness any more than you can reason yourself into an extra six inches in height.
Sometimes happiness is a blessing, but generally it is a conquest. Each day's magic moment helps.
O happiness! our being's end and aim! _x000D_ _x000D_ Good, pleasure, ease, content! whate'er thy name: _x000D_ _x000D_ That something still which prompts the eternal sigh, _x000D_ _x000D_ For which we bear to live, or dare to die.
A well-spent day brings happy sleep.
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