Karl Lagerfeld Quotes
-
Fantasy is often better than reality. It’s much more inspiring not to go to places than to go.
-
I am like a caricature of myself, and I like that. It is like a mask. And for me the Carnival of Venice lasts all year long.
-
The best way to know people is to work with them.
-
Fashion is the healthiest motivation for losing weight.
-
I'm kind of fascist with myself, you know.
-
I rather want my things to be copied than me copying. I would feel ashamed!
-
Sometimes the idea of being truly iconic has something to do with not necessarily being beautiful and thus trying harder.
-
If I were pretentious I would say that I'm not an average person. But really, I know how that is.
-
Think pink, but don't wear it.
-
I think it's very important what young people see in pictures or on TV or in magazines. Drugs, violence, anorexia. All of the things that I absolutely do not reference in my photos.
-
We built everything - toilets included. I think those islands in the middle of nowhere are quite poetic. It's kind of an Oriental Atlantis.
-
I am a sort of vampire, taking the blood of other people.
-
I never look at my watch when I'm sketching!
-
Sweatpants are a sign of defeat. You lost control of your life so you bought some sweatpants.
-
Luxury bags make your life more pleasant, make you dream, give you confidence, and show your neighbors you are doing well.
-
Beauty—or the desire to be beautiful—is in itself a dangerous motivation. Someone (I forgot who) once said, ‘Does the person who loves someone for their beauty really love them?’ So don’t focus on beauty ... a respectable appearance is sufficient to make people more interested in your soul. It is the sum of our experiences that makes us interesting, and having been through a time in your life in which you were in a bad place (or what you perceived as a bad place) physically, can be useful. It can even be necessary.
-
I'm very severe with myself and sometimes I miss French cheese, but in your world it's not exactly the same thing.
-
These are fat mummies sitting with their bags of crisps in front of the television, saying that thin models are ugly. Fashion is about dreams and illusions, and no one wants to see round women.
-
The advantage of Fashion is that there is no racism
-
Don't use expensive clothes as a screen for your personal doubts. Be proud of yourself
-
I always think I'm lazy, maybe I could do better, I could make more effort and I always have the feeling that there is a glass wall that I cannot get through. But maybe when I get through, then it's over.
-
I've done many ads because that's my new career. It's an inspiring extension for my mind.
-
If someone gives me a to-do list, I say 'thank you, this is nice.' One needs things to throw in the wastebasket.
-
Be politically correct, but please don't bother other people with conversation about being politically correct, because that's the end of everything. You want to create boredom? Be politically correct in your conversation.