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<\/p>\nQuotes from Karl Lagerfeld<\/u><\/p>\n
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2009 –<\/b> His thoughts on the recession:
\n“Bling is over. Red carpetry covered with rhinestones is out. I call it the new modesty”<\/i><\/p>\n
2006 –<\/b> On music and technology:
\n“The iPod is genius. I have 300”<\/i><\/p>\n
1978 –<\/b> On his early start:
\n“When I was four I asked my mother for a valet for my birthday”<\/i><\/p>\n
2007 –<\/b> On his inimitable image:
\n“I am like a caricature of myself, and I like that. It is like a mask. And for me the Carnival of Venice lasts all year long”<\/i><\/p>\n
1997 –<\/b> On living on his own:
\n“I live in a set, with the curtains of the stage closed with no audience – but who cares?”<\/i><\/p>\n
2008 –<\/b> On the ongoing fur debate:
\n“The discussion of fur is childish”<\/i><\/p>\n
2007 –<\/b> On furnishing a home:
\n“The most important piece in the house is the garbage can”<\/i><\/p>\n
1984 –<\/b> His thoughts on Yves Saint Laurent:
\n“He is very middle-of-the-road French-very pied-noir, very provincial”<\/i><\/p>\n
2007 –<\/b> On being labelled a squanderer:
\n“If you throw money out of the window throw it out with joy. Don\u2019t say ‘one shouldn\u2019t do that’ – that is bourgeois”<\/i><\/p>\n
1984 –<\/b> On his feelings following a fashion show:
\n“I\u2019m a kind of fashion nymphomaniac who never gets an orgasm”<\/i><\/p>\n
2007 –<\/b> On his feelings prior to a fashion show:
\n“I have no human feelings”<\/i><\/p>\n
1973 –<\/b> How he describes his boudoir:
\n\u201cIf you see it you will think about everything except sex, because it is the unsexiest room ever. I love unsexy bedrooms\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n
1975 –<\/b> On his working practices:
\n“I am a sort of vampire, taking the blood of other people”<\/i><\/p>\n
2006 –<\/b> On staying healthy:
\n“Vanity is the healthiest thing in life”<\/i><\/p>\n