Karl Lagerfeld

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

Don't dress to kill, dress to survive.

Buy clothes the size you want to wear.

I'm German in my mind, but from a Germany that doesn't exist any more.

I sleep seven hours. If I go to bed at two, I wake up at nine. If I go to bed at midnight, I wake up at seven. I don't wake up before - the house can fall apart, but I sleep for seven hours.

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.

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

What I've done, Coco Chanel would never have done. She would have hated it.

There will be gay couples; it will exist. It is not very nice that people who are married - who divorce in three seconds - don’t want protection for the others. The legal system should protect everyone, not just the few people who think they are above everybody else because they are married.

With expensive fashion, the inside should be as perfect as the outside.

Fashion keeps me designing: the love of change, the idea that the next one will be the right one, the nonstop dialogue

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.

Personality begins where comparison ends.

When I was four, I asked my mother for a valet for my birthday.

I think everyone should go to bed like they have a date at the door.

You come first, the clothes later. Reinvent new combinations of what you already own. Be creative.

I'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.

The minute you think that the past was better, your present is second hand, and yourself becomes vintage - it’s okay for clothes not that great for people

Today couture has to be expensive, but it shouldn’t look expensive.

Don't use expensive clothes as a screen for your personal doubts. Be proud of yourself

If you're not ready to do a non-stop dialogue with fashion, you should do another job.