The French say you get hungry when you’re eating, and I get... - Karl Lagerfeld

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

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

"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?"

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

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