I’m very much down to earth, just not this earth. - Karl Lagerfeld

"I am a fashion person, and fashion is not only about clothes -- it's about all kinds of change"

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

"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 elegance is as physical, as moral quality that has nothing common with the clothing. You can see a countrywoman more elegant than one so called elegant woman."

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