Fashion does not have to prove that it is serious. It is the... - Karl Lagerfeld

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

"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?"

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

"I love classic beauty. It’s an idea of beauty with no standard."

"Don’t overact the story of your name. Overact the story of your work."