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.
It has been said that beauty is a promise of happiness. Conversely, the possibility of pleasure can be a beginning of beauty.
Happiness always looks small while you hold it in your hands, but let it go, and you learn at once how big and precious it is.
You look ridiculous if you dance You look ridiculous if you don't dance So you might as well dance.
I've learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not on our circumstances.
I believe that the very purpose of life is to be happy. From the very core of our being, we desire contentment. In my own limited experience I have found that the more we care for the happiness of others, the greater is our own sense of well-being.
I find, in being black, a thing of beauty: a joy; a strength; a secret cup of gladness.
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