Karl Lagerfeld Quotes

I never go anywhere. I do sketches and make phone calls, and people visit. It's more fun to come to Paris.

I think for my bones and my size, I better stay with my 60 kilo.

I do my job like I breathe — so if I can’t breathe I’m in trouble.

Fashion does not have to prove that it is serious. It is the proof that intelligent frivolity can be something creative and positive

Fashion is ephemeral, dangerous and unfair.

The iPod completely changed the way people approach music.

No one wants to see curvy women.

Luxury is the income tax of vanity. But it is so pleasant.

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.

I never fall in love.

I am never satisfied with myself and that is what keeps me going - I have no post-satisfaction.

The best ideas I've had in my life are those I saw in my sleep, in the early morning.

Fashion keeps me designing: the love of change, the idea that the next one will be the right one, the nonstop dialogue

When I was very young, at the beginning my business was to work more than the others to show them their pointlessness.

I buy my shoes a size too small. I like the way it feels.

I like to do things quickly because I'm easily bored.

There's no Chanel collection without black. (It) will never exist. Who can live without some black clothes.

For me, Chanel is like music. There are certain notes and you have to make another tune with them.

Doing collections, doing fashion is like a non-stop dialogue.

Fortunately there is more wealth in the world than there was at the time of the global economic crisis of 1929 - Chinese, Indian, Arab and Russian.

That's why I sleep alone. My hair is curly, and that's why I have my ponytail. I look like a madman, like something out of a horror movie.

Only the minute and the future are interesting in fashion.

Luxury is the ease of a t-shirt in a very expensive dress.

Fashion is about two things: the evolution and the opposite.

I would like to be a one-man multinational fashion phenomenon.

Fashion is neither moral or immoral, but it is for rebuilding the morale.

You cannot fake chic but you can be chic and fake fur

I never smoked. I never drank and I never took drugs. The funny thing is, nothing is more boring, people like this. For me, it's OK. But most of my friends, at least they smoke and drink.

Buy only because something excites you, not just for the simple act of shopping.

What I hate is nasty, ugly people.

The best way to know people is to work with them.

Bling is over. Red carpet covered with rhinestones is out. I call it 'the new modesty.'

I prefer to be in a video than to play with it.

My life is based on change. What I say is OK for the next ten minutes, then I change my mind.

A collection is not just one basic idea. It comes from something that is in the air, something you suddenly like and put down on paper and then work out.

There are not too many people with an opinion I care for.

If there's something dangerous, sauces are dangerous for the body.

Luxury bags make your life more pleasant, make you dream, give you confidence, and show your neighbors you are doing well.

I like imagination -- and the way I think things could be, had been, or should be -- better than reality.

Don't overact the story of your name. Overact the story of your work.

If I could be reincarnated as a fashion accessory, it would be a shopping bag.

I never played with anything like toys. I wanted to be grown-up.

I try not to be sentimental and obsessive about possessions. I love collecting, but I hate owning.

The iPod is genius. I have 300.

Today couture has to be expensive, but it shouldn’t look expensive.

A book has to be easy to open and you don't have to be a bodybuilder to lift it. I like books I can read in bed. Those big tombstones would kill me.

I like the present and tomorrow

I'm German in my mind, but from a Germany that doesn't exist any more.

Sometimes the idea of being truly iconic has something to do with not necessarily being beautiful and thus trying harder.

Evolution is the secret for the next step.