German fashion designer (1933- )
I think tattoos are horrible. It's like living in a Pucci dress full-time.
KARL LAGERFELD
"Karl Lagerfeld's 25 Most Infamous Quotes", Marie Claire, Mar. 10, 2014
I think everyone should go to bed like they have a date at the door.
KARL LAGERFELD
"Karl Lagerfeld's 25 Most Infamous Quotes", Marie Claire, Mar. 10, 2014
Truth is only a question of point of view.
KARL LAGERFELD
Vice Magazine, Feb. 28, 2010
There's a price you have to pay for fame, and people who don't want to pay that price can get in trouble. I accepted the idea of celebrity because of a French expression: "You cannot have the butter and the money for the butter."
KARL LAGERFELD
Vice Magazine, Feb. 28, 2010
I'm very happy that I have an Italian version, a French version, and then I have my own company, but I'm not obsessed by my name. Some people are, "Oh, my name," but I couldn't care less about my name. What I like is the job. The ego trip of that comes later.
KARL LAGERFELD
"Karl Lagerfeld on Diets, Sobriety, and Becoming a Nicer Person", New York Magazine, Nov. 7, 2013
The most important piece of furniture in a house is the garbage can.
KARL LAGERFELD
"In the Now", The New Yorker, Mar. 19, 2007
Those social networks, there's something sad about them. Is it because they don't have enough knowledge about friends and people? I don't understand it. It's like a talkative mirror where people talk to themselves. And what I hate most in life is selfies.
KARL LAGERFELD
"Media People: Q&A With Karl Lagerfeld", Women's Wear Daily, Sep. 12, 2014
People who can't be alone have a problem. Loneliness is a luxury for people like me.
KARL LAGERFELD
"In the Now", The New Yorker, Mar. 19, 2007
I don't like sleeping with people I really love. I don't want to sleep with them because sex cannot last, but affection can last forever.
KARL LAGERFELD
Vice Magazine, Feb. 28, 2010
Sweatpants are a sign of defeat. You lost control of your life so you bought some sweatpants.
KARL LAGERFELD
"Karl Lagerfeld's 20 Best Quotes", Glamour Magazine, Feb. 11, 2014
I am like a caricature of myself, and I like that. It is like a mask. And for me the Carnival of Venice lasts all year long.
KARL LAGERFELD
"Karl Lagerfeld's 25 Most Infamous Quotes", Marie Claire, Mar. 10, 2014
I don't like to act because my life is a pantomime anyway.
KARL LAGERFELD
Vice Magazine, Feb. 28, 2010
If you attach no importance to weight problems, if not being able to wear new, trendy small-sized clothes does not cause you any regret, this book is not for you.
KARL LAGERFELD
foreword, The Karl Lagerfeld Diet
Normal people think I'm insane.
KARL LAGERFELD
"In the Now", The New Yorker, Mar. 19, 2007
I have one instinct stronger than any other thing in life, and that is the instinct for survival.
KARL LAGERFELD
"In the Now", The New Yorker, Mar. 19, 2007
I care more about the people than about the company. That's why I don't want to own it. I don't want to run a business. People do it better than I do.
KARL LAGERFELD
"Karl Lagerfeld, Mr. Multitasker", Business of Fashion, Sep. 22, 2014
Women can be short, but for men it is impossible. It is something that they will not forgive in life ... they are mean and they want to kill you.
KARL LAGERFELD
"Karl Lagerfeld's 20 Best Quotes", Glamour Magazine, Feb. 11, 2014
The iPod completely changed the way people approach music.
KARL LAGERFELD
attributed, The Ultimate Book of Quotations
Only the minute and the future are interesting in fashion--it exists to be destroyed. If everybody did everything with respect, you'd go nowhere.
KARL LAGERFELD
Vanity Fair, Feb. 1992
I hate amateurs. I hate unprofessional people. There are enough people who can do jobs decently that there's no reason that people who cannot do them decently [should] pretend to be great at it.
KARL LAGERFELD
"Karl Lagerfeld, Mr. Multitasker", Business of Fashion, Sep. 22, 2014