The best ideas I've had in my life are those I saw in my sleep, in the early morning.
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes the value of dreams and morning insights as sources of creativity and innovation.
Karl Lagerfeld suggests that some of his most valuable ideas emerged during his mornings after dreaming. This highlights the significance of subconscious thoughts and the potential for innovative thinking that can arise during restful periods, reminding us that inspiration can come from unexpected places, including our own dreams.
In practice
In a motivational speech about creativity, one could start with this quote to encourage others to appreciate their dreams.
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 believe the biggest impediment we have right now with going to Mars is public commitment. More people need to see themselves as a part of space travel; we need to see more inclusiveness.
Oh the places you'll go! There is fun to be done!
Dreams are hopes, and echoes of hope.
If you dream the proper dreams, and share the myths with people, they will want to grow up to be like you.
This faith transforms the whirlwind of despair into a warm and reviving breeze of hope. The words of a motto which a generation ago were commonly found on the wall in the homes of devout persons need to be etched on our hearts: Fear knocked at the door. Faith answered. There was no one there.
I believe that the message of Apollo XI was that in the spirit of Apollo, a free and open spirit, you can attack a very difficult goal and achieve it, if you can all agree and work together to achieve that goal.
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