#karl-lagerfeld

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

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

"I would like to be a one-man multinational fashion phenomenon."

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

"When people want to be liked for what they did, they should stop."

"Forgiveness isn’t something I’m preoccupied with — turning the other cheek isn’t my trip."

"I like to reinvent myself — it’s part of my job."

"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."

"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?"

"Luxury is the ease of a t-shirt in a very expensive dress."

"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."

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

"Fashion is about two things: the evolution and the opposite."

"Fashion and music are the same, because music express its period too."

"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."

"Don’t overact the story of your name. Overact the story of your work."

"I want everyone to wear what they want and mix it in their own way. That, to me, is what is modern."

"I do my job like I breathe — so if I can’t breathe I’m in trouble."

"I’m very much down to earth, just not this earth."

"Stuff your brain with knowledge."