Karl Lagerfeld Quotes
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I was never a feminist because I was never ugly enough for that.
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Sometimes it's easy to have ideas, but somebody has to find a way to do it. Often those responsible for finding a way don't have the idea.
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Nothing makes you look older than attempting to look young.
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I am very boring, but it has allowed me to survive better than other people. If you don't drink, you don't smoke, and you don't do drugs, and you're not missing it and never even wanted it, and you sleep for seven hours. I tell you, life is quite pleasant.
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Normally, I don't recommend me for wedding dresses – they all get a divorce.
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Never use the word “cheap”. Today everybody can look chic in inexpensive clothes (the rich buy them too). There is good clothing design on every level today. You can be the chicest thing in the world in a T-shirt and jeans — it’s up to you.
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When I was four, I asked my mother for a valet for my birthday.
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I like to reinvent myself — it’s part of my job.
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Fashion designers are dictators of taste.
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What i like about photographs is that they capture a moment that’s gone forever, impossible to reproduce.
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I love classic beauty. It’s an idea of beauty with no standard.
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The flat shoe makes the woman equal of men. When they have high [shoes], they play a part like a geisha, and they can't be expected to be taken that seriously.
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Dress for yourself and the man you love (if there is one). Women dressing to impress other women--forget about that. Forget about that. It's a very bad way of thinking.
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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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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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What I hate most in life are people who are not really the peach of the day but who want to be young and sexy. You can fool nobody. There is a moment when you have to accept that somebody else is younger and fresher and hotter. Life is not a beauty contest.
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I am physically allergic to flip-flops
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There are so many third-rate people now who are more famous than people who should be famous, but sometimes people who could or should be famous are very boring, too.
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I don't like standard beauty - there is no beauty without strangeness.
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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 every book you buy, you should buy the time to read it.
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I like everything to be washable, myself included.
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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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I'm never content with what I do. I live in a sort of permanent dissatisfaction. I think that's the secret to doing things well.