karl lagerfeld Quotes

These are fat mummies sitting with their bags of crisps in front of the television, saying that thin models are ugly. Fashion is about dreams and illusions, and no one wants to see round women.

- Karl Lagerfeld

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

- Karl Lagerfeld

Fashion is about going ahead, not about memory.

- Karl Lagerfeld

I never touch sugar, cheese, bread... I only like what I'm allowed to like. I'm beyond temptation. There is no weakness. When I see tons of food in the studio, for us and for everybody, for me it's as if this stuff was made out of plastic. The idea doesn't even enter my mind that a human being could put that into their mouth. I'm like the animals in the forest. They don't touch what they cannot eat.

- Karl Lagerfeld

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

- Karl Lagerfeld

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

- Karl Lagerfeld

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

- Karl Lagerfeld

Buy what you don’t have yet, or what you really want, which can be mixed with what you already own. Buy only because something excites you, not just for the simple act of shopping.

- Karl Lagerfeld

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

- Karl Lagerfeld

If you stick to something doggedly, you are off to a bad start.

- Karl Lagerfeld

You focus on telling stories,
we do everything else.