Karl Lagerfeld Quotes
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I only know how to play one role: me.
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Don't use your film for ugly purpose.
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You come first, the clothes later. Reinvent new combinations of what you already own. Be creative.
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When I was very young, at the beginning my business was to work more than the others to show them their pointlessness.
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Virgos are very faithful. I'm a faithful friend. I'm a faithful lover.
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Don't look to the approval of others for your mental stability
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Everything I say is a joke. I am a joke myself.
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People who say that yesterday was better than today are ultimately devaluing their own existence.
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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.'
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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.
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When I was a child, I never played with other children. I hated them.
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I like chocolate. I don’t eat it, but I like the smell of it. People can drink with their eyes; I can eat with my nose. I would love to have a perfume based on chocolate.
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I was never a feminist because I was never ugly enough for that.
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The only love that I really believe in is a mother’s love for her children.
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I'm not a social person. Not that I'm not at ease. I'm pretty good, but it bores me. Not the people, but the whole thing. What for? It's not very productive. I only want to do what I have to do: fashion, photography, books. And that's all.
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Forgiveness isn’t something I’m preoccupied with — turning the other cheek isn’t my trip.
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I must say, some are not very beautifully made. They’re coffee-table books for people who drink alcohol. I have nothing against coffee-table books as long as they are well done. They must not look like gravestones on a table. Sometimes they are too big, they come in boxes and things like this. No, 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.
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Reinvent new combinations of what you already own. Improvise. Become more creative. Not because you have to, but because you want to. Evolution is the secret for the next step.
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Beauty is also submitted to the taste of time.
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I never touch sugar, cheese, bread... I only like what I'm allowed to like. I'm beyond temptation. There is no weakness. When I see tons of food in the studio, for us and for everybody, for me it's as if this stuff was made out of plastic. The idea doesn't even enter my mind that a human being could put that into their mouth. I'm like the animals in the forest. They don't touch what they cannot eat.
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Normal people think I'm insane.
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It's never too early to care about fashion.
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I make such big efforts to forget things and I can't tell the story of my life because, thank God, I'm still living it.
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People are very nice to me, even though I'm known for saying rude things.