I am a black diamond, unfaceted. Black diamonds are rare, hard to cut, and therefore uncommercial.
KARL LAGERFELDPeople 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.
More Karl Lagerfeld Quotes
-
-
Trendy is the last stage before tacky.
KARL LAGERFELD -
You come first, the clothes later. Reinvent new combinations of what you already own. Be creative.
KARL LAGERFELD -
My only ambition in life . . . is to wear size 28 jeans.
KARL LAGERFELD -
I have no personality, or I have three, depending on how you look at it.
KARL LAGERFELD -
Bears are very nice, as long as you are nice to them.
KARL LAGERFELD -
When 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 LAGERFELD -
Sunglasses are like eye shadow: They make everything look younger and pretty
KARL LAGERFELD -
Success nullifies. You then have to do it again, preferably differently.
KARL LAGERFELD -
I never fall in love.
KARL LAGERFELD -
As 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 LAGERFELD -
What I hate is nasty, ugly people.
KARL LAGERFELD -
The thing at the moment is Adele. She is a little too fat, but she has a beautiful face and a divine voice.
KARL LAGERFELD -
Fashion is a language that creates itself in clothes to interpret reality.
KARL LAGERFELD -
Dieting is the only game where you win when you lose!
KARL LAGERFELD -
Life is not a beauty contest, some [ugly people] are great. What I hate is nasty, ugly people… the worst is ugly, short men. 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






