Latest Carine Roitfeld Quotes from Interviews

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• Working on women and working on different ages and different shapes of bodies… I love women. I love to spend more time with them.

  Carine Roitfeld

  Age, Different

  Source: www.harpersbazaar.com

• My biggest icon is Liz Taylor because I don’t think she had great taste but I loved her energy.

  Carine Roitfeld

  Thinking, Energy

  Source: www.harpersbazaar.com

• Even though I love fashion, I prefer people to fashion. Fashion is to make the person comfortable in her body, it’s not something very serious, you get to play.

  Carine Roitfeld

  Fashion, People, Serious

  Source: www.harpersbazaar.com

• I think that each women, whatever age, needs to recognise something good in her body. Someone has beautiful legs, someone has beautiful hair, someone else has beautiful décolletage or a beautiful waist or beautiful hands. Everyone has something great.

  Carine Roitfeld

  Beautiful, Thinking, Age

  Source: www.harpersbazaar.com

• Each woman needs to know herself and think that the clothes are here to make her more beautiful, because the person is more important than the clothes.

  Carine Roitfeld

  Beautiful, Thinking, Important

  Source: www.harpersbazaar.com

• Each time I’m coming out of my apartment I remember the quote of Coco Chanel; she said, ‘Each time I’m leaving my apartment or my hotel, I’m looking at myself in the mirror and I take off one piece of my look. It’s always one thing too much.’ And it’s a bit the same, always I take off my scarf or I take off my bag or jewellery because I like it simple. Coco Chanel is a great consultant I think.

  Carine Roitfeld

  Simple, Thinking, Leaving

  Source: www.harpersbazaar.com

• Sins are timeless. Sins are an everyday reality for every one. Sin has been in existence since the beginning of man, since Adam and Eve. It will always be pertinent.

  Carine Roitfeld

  Reality, Men, Everyday

  Source: www.harpersbazaar.com

• What I hope I would do is something new, but I still love print. I love to touch paper. I'm not sure if I will ever do a magazine again, but I have plenty of ideas on the subject.

  Carine Roitfeld

  Ideas, Magazines, Paper

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• I think, in many ways, certain people sought me out maybe because they liked my body language or they liked the way I wore a slit skirt, the way I cross my legs or carry my purse. It's quite inspiring to play the seduction card.

  Carine Roitfeld

  Thinking, Play, People

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• I think that life has brought a lot to fashion, and fashion brings plenty to life. I took my children on photo shoots, at the same time, I borrowed my father's sweater for a photo shoot and, then, I am inspired by a Russian princess because of my Russian roots. Everything is all mixed in together.

  Carine Roitfeld

  Fashion, Children, Father

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• I am like a lemon. I'm pressed for more juice. When I have fun, there's still juice. I am not dried up.

  Carine Roitfeld

  Fun, Juice, Stills

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• There is always a bit of seduction to it when one person is clothed and the other is naked, which can be a little weird. Everybody should be naked. In that case, it would be easier. Let's do a huge naked photo shoot!

  Carine Roitfeld

  Naked, Would Be, Littles

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• Clothing is always a tool that helps me take a picture. But it's never about the clothing.

  Carine Roitfeld

  Tools, Helping, Help Me

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• When you have confidence, when you feel loved by people, you can tell them the truth. It's important that I can say the photo isn't beautiful or the photo shoot sucks.

  Carine Roitfeld

  Beautiful, People, Important

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• There are people who give you the confidence that you're lacking and once you have confidence, you're free and finally you can let out what's inside of you.

  Carine Roitfeld

  People, Giving, Lacking

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• I do go very fast. I think if I don't go fast it's going to be boring. That's what photographers need to do.

  Carine Roitfeld

  Thinking, Needs, Photographer

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• I hate people who over intellectualize. It bores me deeply.

  Carine Roitfeld

  Hate, People, Bores

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• In photo shoots, I rely on instinct. Which is not to say I don't bring ideas to a project or consider it beforehand.

  Carine Roitfeld

  Ideas, Instinct, Projects

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• Imitation always stinks. When I take photos, I don't go back. I don't look at the past. I'm always original.

  Carine Roitfeld

  Past, Looks, Imitation

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• I think the first picture taken is often the best one.

  Carine Roitfeld

  Taken, Thinking, Firsts

  Interview with Karl Lagerfeld, www.interviewmagazine.com. August 18, 2011.

• It's very difficult to know when you're crossing the boundary. I hate the word boundary because I never think about it when taking a picture. Very often it doesn't mean anything because it depends on who's looking at the picture more than the content of the picture itself.

  Carine Roitfeld

  Hate, Mean, Thinking

  Interview with Karl Lagerfeld, www.interviewmagazine.com. August 18, 2011.

• There are certain models who might not be considered beautiful. I think personality is more important than looks.

  Carine Roitfeld

  Beautiful, Thinking, Personality

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• Beauty can be quite boring, especially if you're talking about beauty that doesn't last. And what lasts is exactly the thing that maybe wasn't pretty at first. It comes over time to be beautiful or interesting or exciting.

  Carine Roitfeld

  Beautiful, Talking, Interesting

  Interview with Karl Lagerfeld, www.interviewmagazine.com. August 18, 2011.

• I think that when you're taking pictures with my principles, you can try anything. Dare to do a lot of things - dare with sexuality, dare to break taboos as long as it remains photogenic. As long as I find an elegance and beauty in it, I am not afraid to tackle anything.

  Carine Roitfeld

  Thinking, Long, Trying

  Interview with Karl Lagerfeld, www.interviewmagazine.com. August 18, 2011.

• I am very obsessed with ballet now because it is a very difficult sport and a beautiful one because it is not about money. It's not like playing football or tennis - dance has no sponsors, it's just for the beauty. Maybe it is the only last pure sport.

  Carine Roitfeld

  Beautiful, Sports, Football