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When people talk about the good old days, I say to people, 'It's not the days that are old, it's you that's old.' I hate the good old days. What is important is that today is good.
Karl Lagerfeld
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Don’t sacrifice yourself too much, because if you sacrifice too much there’s nothing else you can give and nobody will care for you.
Karl Lagerfeld
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The iPod is genius. I have 300.
Karl Lagerfeld
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I don't understand the change of hair...Frankly, the fringe was a bad idea. It's not good.
Karl Lagerfeld
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It’s great that in life you do something that you want to do because you like doing it and you’re not bored. I’m not bored at all. I’m even interested in lots of things, more so today than before.
Karl Lagerfeld
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Things have to be beautifully made, even if they are full of fun, fantasy and futility
Karl Lagerfeld
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The woman is the most perfect doll that i have dressed with delight and admiration.
Karl Lagerfeld
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I don't even want to have things associated with my name on the internet - it's very dangerous.
Karl Lagerfeld
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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.
Karl Lagerfeld
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You cannot fight against it. There's a price you have to pay for fame, and people who don't want to pay that price can get in trouble. I accepted the idea of celebrity because of a French expression: 'You cannot have the butter and the money for the butter.'
Karl Lagerfeld
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When people want to be liked for what they did, they should stop.
Karl Lagerfeld
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I’m not crazy to discuss fashion with men. I couldn’t care less about their opinion.
Karl Lagerfeld
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If you throw money out of the window throw it out with joy. Don’t say: 'one shouldn't do that' - that is bourgeois.
Karl Lagerfeld
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Fashion is about going ahead, not about memory.
Karl Lagerfeld
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I am a completely different person when I am working on different collections.
Karl Lagerfeld
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I have no personality, or I have three, depending on how you look at it.
Karl Lagerfeld
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Forget about your folklore. I can take a few inspirations, but I can certainly not do an homage. That's not my trip. I'm a fashion vampire. I take what I need and I leave the rest.
Karl Lagerfeld
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There are nearly 30% of young people who are too fat. So let's take care of the zillions of the too fat before we talk about the percentage that's left.
Karl Lagerfeld
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There is no marriage, yet, for human beings and animals. I never thought that I would fall in love like this with a cat.
Karl Lagerfeld
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The best ideas I've had in my life are those I saw in my sleep, in the early morning.
Karl Lagerfeld
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People who say that yesterday was better than today are ultimately devaluing their own existence.
Karl Lagerfeld
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The world is not there to please you. It's up to you to please the world.
Karl Lagerfeld
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We create a product nobody needs but people want. You spend more for what you really want; some boring things you need: an ugly old car can wait, but if you have a new fashion item it cannot wait.
Karl Lagerfeld
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I didn't play with other children.
Karl Lagerfeld
