Karl Lagerfeld Quotes
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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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I had an interview once with some German journalist - some horrible, ugly woman. It was in the early days after the communists - maybe a week after - and she wore a yellow sweater that was kind of see-through. She had huge tits and a huge black bra, and she said to me, "It's impolite; remove your glasses." I said, "Do I ask you to remove your bra?"
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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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The smell of a freshly printed book is the best smell in the world.
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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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If you attach no importance to weight problems, if not being able to wear new, trendy small-sized clothes does not cause you any regret, this book is not for you.
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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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If I read too much or know too much it's not because I want to talk about it, it's only because it's interesting for me.
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As a child I wanted to be a grown-up. I wanted to know everything - not that I like to talk about it. I hate intellectual conversation with intellectuals because I only care about my opinion.
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Some models who aren't the most beautiful end up becoming the greatest of all time.
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Black, like white, is the best color!
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If you want respect for your past, it means that you have a problem with your present and even more with your future.
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I'm always busy. You know, the more I do, the more ideas I have—that's the funny thing. The brain is a muscle, and I'm a kind of body builder.
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We live in the world of images, but we also live in the world of the Internet, of zapping and where people move. You can make little videos on your phone. I love very composed images, but the idea of moving pictures with a story, with a plot is quite interesting, too.
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When I was a child, my mother always told me that you could wake up in the middle of the night and be deathly sick, so you always have to be impeccable. I laugh about it now, but I think everyone should go to bed like they have a date at the door.
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I like newspapers. Maybe the iPad is very modern and everything, and I'm not against it, but I like the physical contact. And the physical contact of metal and glass is not as sensuous as paper.
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Sunglasses are like eye shadow: They make everything look younger and pretty
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I didn't play with other children.
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My life is based on change. What I say is OK for the next ten minutes, then I change my mind.
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The best ideas I've had in my life are those I saw in my sleep, in the early morning.
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People want to know everything, and so they put you in the limelight. Sometimes, I am not down to earth, and I think I am flying away from the outer realms of reality.
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I like imagination -- and the way I think things could be, had been, or should be -- better than reality.
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The iPod is genius. I have 300.
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The French say you get hungry when you’re eating, and I get inspired when I’m working. It’s my engine.