I do my job like I breathe — so if I can’t breathe I’m in trouble.
Interpretation
Passion for your work is as essential as breathing; without it, you face difficulties.
In this quote, Karl Lagerfeld emphasizes the importance of passion and dedication in one's work. He compares his commitment to his job to the very act of breathing, suggesting that just as breathing is vital for life, having a genuine love and enthusiasm for your work is crucial for personal and professional well-being. When work ceases to be enjoyable or fulfilling, it creates a sense of trouble or distress in one's life.
In practice
During a motivational speech about pursuing careers, this quote can inspire students to find work they love.
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.
If we surround ourselves with people who are successful, who are forward-moving, who are positive, who are focused on producing results, who support us, it will challenge us to be more and do more and share more. If you can surround yourself with people who will never let you settle for less than you can be, you have the greatest gift that anyone can hope for.
If 90% of success in life is showing up, the other 10% depends on what you're showing up for.
I never wanted to be on any billionaires list. I never define myself by net worth. I always try to define myself by my values.
My success, part of it certainly, is that I have focused in on a few things.
Ability is important in our quest for success, but dependability is critical.
You can have the top stars to bring the attention, you can have the best stadium, you can have the best facilities, you can have the most beautiful project in terms of marketing and all this kind of thing. But if you don't win... All the work these people are doing is forgotten.
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