Don’t sacrifice yourself too much, because if you sacrifice... - Karl Lagerfeld

"Books are a hard-bound drug with no danger of an overdose. I am the happy victim of books."

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

"I’m very much down to earth, just not this earth."

"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."

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