We live in a dark and romantic and quite tragic world. - Karl Lagerfeld

"We live in a dark and romantic and quite tragic world."

"Fashion is a language that creates itself in clothes to interpret reality."

"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 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."

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