We need houses as we need clothes, architecture stimulates f... - Karl Lagerfeld

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

"Reinvent new combinations of what you already own. Improvise. Become more creative. Not because you have to, but because you want to. Evolution is the secret for the next step."

"Stuff your brain with knowledge."

"People who do a job that claims to be creative have to be alone to recharge their batteries. You can’t live 24 hours a day in the spotlight and remain creative. For people like me, solitude is a victory."

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