I’m never content with what I do. I live in a sort of permanent dissatisfaction. I think that’s the secret to doing things well.
KARL LAGERFELDI’m never content with what I do. I live in a sort of permanent dissatisfaction. I think that’s the secret to doing things well.
KARL LAGERFELDI like everything to be washable, myself included.
KARL LAGERFELDKate Middleton has a nice silhouette and she is the right girl for that boy. I like that kind of woman, I like romantic beauties. On the other hand, her sister struggles. I don’t like the sister’s face. She should only show her back.
KARL LAGERFELDBe politically correct, but please don’t bother other people with conversation about being politically correct, because that’s the end of everything. You want to create boredom? Be politically correct in your conversation.
KARL LAGERFELDThe 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.
KARL LAGERFELDFashion and music are the same, because music express its period too.
KARL LAGERFELDDon’t sacrifice yourself too much, because if you sacrifice too much there’s nothing else you can give and nobody will care for you.
KARL LAGERFELDWhen I was 14, I wanted to smoke because my mother smoked like mad. I wanted to smoke to look grown-up. But my mother said: ‘You shouldn’t smoke. Your hands are not that beautiful and that shows when you smoke.
KARL LAGERFELDDress for yourself and the man you love (if there is one). Women dressing to impress other women–forget about that. Forget about that. It’s a very bad way of thinking.
KARL LAGERFELDChic is a kind of mayonnaise, either it tastes, or it doesn’t.
KARL LAGERFELDAs a child I wanted to be a grown-up. I wanted to know everything – not that I like to talk about it. I hate intellectual conversation with intellectuals because I only care about my opinion.
KARL LAGERFELDI think everyone should go to bed like they have a date at the door.
KARL LAGERFELDI never fall in love.
KARL LAGERFELDChange is the healthiest way to survive.
KARL LAGERFELDIf you stick to something doggedly, you are off to a bad start.
KARL LAGERFELDI’ve survived quite a few generations. That’s because I never lost my enthusiasm. I wake up every morning like on Christmas Day, waiting for the gifts.
KARL LAGERFELD