Karl Lagerfeld

Quotes

• “I had an interview once with some German journalist—some horrible, ugly woman. It was in the early days after the commun...”
• “People who do a job that claims to be creative have to be alone to recharge their batteries. You can’t live 24 hours a d...”
• “The secret to modeling is not being perfect. What one needs is a face that people can identify in a second. You have to ...”
• “Reinvent new combinations of what you already own. Improvise. Become more creative. Not because you have to, but because...”
• “The elegance is as physical, as moral quality that has nothing common with the clothing. You can see a countrywoman more...”
• “Don’t sacrifice yourself too much, because if you sacrifice too much there’s nothing else you can give and nobody will c...”
• “Fashion does not have to prove that it is serious. It is the proof that intelligent frivolity can be something creative ...”
• “We need houses as we need clothes, architecture stimulates fashion. It’s like hunger and thirst — you need them both.”
• “Chanel is an institution, and you have to treat an institution like a whore – and then you get something out of her”
• “The French say you get hungry when you’re eating, and I get inspired when I’m working. It’s my engine”
• “I want everyone to wear what they want and mix it in their own way. That, to me, is what is modern.”
• “People who say that yesterday was better than today are ultimately devaluing their own existence.”
• “For me, Chanel is like music. There are certain notes and you have to make another tune with them”
• “I am a fashion person, and fashion is not only about clothes -- it's about all kinds of change”
• “Books are a hard-bound drug with no danger of an overdose. I am the happy victim of books.”
• “Forgiveness isn’t something I’m preoccupied with — turning the other cheek isn’t my trip.”
• “The woman is the most perfect doll that i have dressed with delight and admiration.”
• “A respectable appearance is sufficient to make people more interested in your soul”
• “The only love that I really believe in is a mother’s love for her children.”
• “Fashion is a language that creates itself in clothes to interpret reality.”
• “Success nullifies. You then have to do it again, preferably differently”
• “Fashion and music are the same, because music express its period too.”
• “Don’t overact the story of your name. Overact the story of your work.”
• “I do my job like I breathe — so if I can’t breathe I’m in trouble.”
• “When people want to be liked for what they did, they should stop.”
• “Like poetry, fashion does not state anything. It merely suggests”
• “I love classic beauty. It’s an idea of beauty with no standard.”
• “Don't look to the approval of others for your mental stability”
• “I would like to be a one-man multinational fashion phenomenon.”
• “Fashion is about two things: the evolution and the opposite.”
• “For every book you buy, you should buy the time to read it.”
• “Luxury is the ease of a t-shirt in a very expensive dress.”
• “Clear thinking at the wrong moment can stifle creativity.”
• “We live in a dark and romantic and quite tragic world.”
• “Dieting is the only game where you win when you lose!”
• “I’m very much down to earth, just not this earth.”
• “I like to reinvent myself — it’s part of my job.”
• “Fashion is about going ahead, not about memory.”
• “Stuff your brain with knowledge.”