“Don’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 Lagerfeld
“Black and white always looks modern, whatever that word means.” ― Karl Lagerfeld
“For every book you buy, you should buy the time to read it.” ― Karl Lagerfeld
“I am a fashion person, and fashion is not only about clothes – it’s about all kinds of change.” ― Karl Lagerfeld
“Stuff your brain with knowledge.” ― Karl Lagerfeld
“Success nullifies. You then have to do it again, preferably differently.” ― Karl Lagerfeld
“I’m not a marketing person. I don’t ask myself questions. I go by instinct.” ― Karl Lagerfeld
“Clear thinking at the wrong moment can stifle creativity.” ― Karl Lagerfeld
“Be proud of yourself.” ― Karl Lagerfeld
“Don’t overact the story of your name. Overact the story of your work.” ― Karl Lagerfeld
“I get inspired when I’m working, it’s my engine.” ― Karl Lagerfeld
“Books are a hard-bound drug with no danger of an overdose. I am the happy victim of books.” ― Karl Lagerfeld
“I like to do things quickly because I’m easily bored.” ― Karl Lagerfeld
“I’m very much down to earth, just not this earth.” ― Karl Lagerfeld
“People 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.” ― Karl Lagerfeld
“I have no human feelings.” ― Karl Lagerfeld
“It’s up to you to make every day as perfect as possible – it’s a question of will and discipline.” ― Karl Lagerfeld
“Luxury is the ease of a t-shirt in a very expensive dress.” ― Karl Lagerfeld
“Vanity is the healthiest thing in life.” ― Karl Lagerfeld
“Evolution is the secret for the next step.” ― Karl Lagerfeld
“I like to reinvent myself. It’s part of my job.” ― Karl Lagerfeld
“There are not too many people with an opinion I care for.” ― Karl Lagerfeld
“Luxury bags make your life more pleasant, make you dream, give you confidence, and show your neighbors you are doing well.” ― Karl Lagerfeld
“Beauty with character ages better than perfection.” ― Karl Lagerfeld
“The only love that I really believe in is a mother’s love for her children.” ― Karl Lagerfeld
“Fashion in a language that creates itself in clothes to interpret reality.” ― Karl Lagerfeld
“My thing is to work more than the others to show them how useless they are.” ― Karl Lagerfeld
“I am a living label.” ― Karl Lagerfeld
“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 Lagerfeld
“I want everyone to wear what they want and mix it in their own way. That, to me, is what is modern.” ― Karl Lagerfeld
“You cannot fake chic but you can be chic and fake fur.” ― Karl Lagerfeld
“Change is the healthiest way to survive.” ― Karl Lagerfeld
“When things become too popular they are fading away for something else.” ― Karl Lagerfeld
“You can be the chicest thing in a t-shirt and jeans, it’s up to you.” ― Karl Lagerfeld
“I don’t like standard beauty—there is no beauty without strangeness.” ― Karl Lagerfeld
“If you stick to something doggedly, you are off to a bad start.” ― Karl Lagerfeld
“People who say that yesterday was better than today are ultimately devaluing their own existence.” ― Karl Lagerfeld
“What is the worst is a fashion designer who talks all the time of his or her creativity, what they are, how they evolved. Just do it and shut up.” ― Karl Lagerfeld
“Keep the best, forget the rest.” ― Karl Lagerfeld
“Sweatpants are a sign of defeat. You lost control of your life so you bought some sweatpants.” ― Karl Lagerfeld
“I don’t care if people I admire criticize me because their opinion is valuable to me.” ― Karl Lagerfeld
“Like poetry, fashion does not state anything. It merely suggests.” ― Karl Lagerfeld
“A respectable appearance is sufficient to make people more interested in your soul. ” Karl Lagerfeld
“I can do whatever I want.” ― Karl Lagerfeld
“I’m open to everything. When you start to criticize the times you live in, your time is over.” ― Karl Lagerfeld
“I like to reinvent myself—it’s part of my job.” ― Karl Lagerfeld
“Don’t look to the approval of others for your mental stability.” ― Karl Lagerfeld
“Personality begins where comparison ends.” ― Karl Lagerfeld
“When I did H&M everyone said don’t do it and it worked. When I took over Chanel everyone said to me don’t do it, it’s dead, it doesn’t work, it worked. So I better not listen to people and follow my instincts.” ― Karl Lagerfeld
