Karl Lagerfeld

"Fashion is about going ahead, not about memory."

"Success nullifies. You then have to do it again, preferably differently"

"Like poetry, fashion does not state anything. It merely suggests"

"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."

"For me, Chanel is like music. There are certain notes and you have to make another tune with them"

"Fashion does not have to prove that it is serious. It is the proof that intelligent frivolity can be something creative and positive"

"We need houses as we need clothes, architecture stimulates fashion. It’s like hunger and thirst — you need them both."

"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."

"Fashion and music are the same, because music express its period too."

"Don't look to the approval of others for your mental stability"

"People who do a job that claims to be creative have to be alone to recharge their batteries. You can’t live 24 hours a day in the spotlight and remain creative. For people like me, solitude is a victory."

"The woman is the most perfect doll that i have dressed with delight and admiration."

"Forgiveness isn’t something I’m preoccupied with — turning the other cheek isn’t my trip."

"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."

"The only love that I really believe in is a mother’s love for her children."

"I do my job like I breathe — so if I can’t breathe I’m in trouble."

"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?"

"I want everyone to wear what they want and mix it in their own way. That, to me, is what is modern."

"We need houses as we need clothes, architecture stimulates fashion. It’s like hunger and thirst — you need them both."

"I like to reinvent myself — it’s part of my job."