Karl Lagerfeld Quotes
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My sisters were sent away because my mother thought they were boring. I was not boring.
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I do my job like I breathe — so if I can’t breathe I’m in trouble.
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I want everyone to wear what they want and mix it in their own way. That, to me, is what is modern.
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I have no scene, I go everywhere, I adapt.
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My innocence didn't always help me, but it did preserve something in me that maybe others don't have anymore. I'm inside my bubble, you could say, and thankfully so, because I don't think daily life is always great. It protects me.
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Adele is another problem. I never said that she was fat. I said that she was a little roundish; a little roundish is not fat. But for such a beautiful girl... after that she lost eight kilos [17.6 pounds] so I think the message was not that bad.
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When I wake up I look like a madman, like something out of a horror movie! That's why I sleep alone. But the funny thing is that I'm very impeccable and clean before I go to bed. It's just like right before I'm going out.
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When things become too popular they are always fading away for something else.
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The way I talk is bizarre.
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Fashion does not have to prove that it is serious. It is the proof that intelligent frivolity can be something creative and positive
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I hate the word 'cheap'. People are cheap. Clothing is either expensive or inexpensive.
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Fashion is about two things: the evolution and the opposite.
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The reason American cars don't sell anymore is that they have forgotten how to design the American Dream. What does it matter if you buy a car today or six months from now, because cars are not beautiful. That's why the American auto industry is in trouble: no design, no desire.
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For me, Chanel is like music. There are certain notes and you have to make another tune with them.
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Forgiveness is too easy. I can forget by indifference, but not forgive. I prefer revenge.
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Because I stopped dieting already six months ago, and I think it's important to bring out a book like this and you are there a year later and say look, I'm still like this.
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I have no idea of the future -- never, ever. That's what I like about fashion. It's paradise now.
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If I could be reincarnated as a fashion accessory, it would be a shopping bag.
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Those social networks, there's something sad about them. Is it because they don't have enough knowledge about friends and people? I don't understand it. It's like a talkative mirror where people talk to themselves. And what I hate most in life is selfies.
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I'm surrounded by young and beautiful people. I hate looking at ugliness.
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I hate leisure, except reading. I'm really a person made to work, if sketching is considered work.
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Clear thinking at the wrong moment can stifle creativity.
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I've only wanted paper and beautiful colors. It was my dream, and it still is my dream. And books. They're all I need, and the rest I can do without.
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Sunglasses are like eye shadow: They make everything look younger and pretty