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

"Chanel is an institution, and you have to treat an institution like a whore – and then you get something out of her"

"The French say you get hungry when you’re eating, and I get inspired when I’m working. It’s my engine"

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

"The secret to modeling is not being perfect. What one needs is a face that people can identify in a second. You have to be given what’s needed by nature, and what’s needed is to bring something new."

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