Karl Lagerfeld

“The purpose of life is life.”

“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.”

“The only love that I really believe in is a mother’s love for her children.”

“We live in a dark and romantic and quite tragic world.”

“People who say that yesterday was better than today are ultimately devaluing their own existence.”

“I am a fashion person, and fashion is not only about clothes -- it's about all kinds of change”

“Don't look to the approval of others for your mental stability”

“Sweatpants are a sign of defeat. You lost control of your life so you bought some sweatpants.”

“I’m very much down to earth, just not this earth.”

“In a meat-eating world, wearing leather for shoes and even clothes, the discussion of fur is childish.”

“Dieting is the only game where you win when you lose!”

“Clear thinking at the wrong moment can stifle creativity.”

“We need houses as we need clothes, architecture stimulates fashion. It’s like hunger and thirst — you need them both.”

“Fashion and music are the same, because music express its period too.”

“When people want to be liked for what they did, they should stop.”

“Stuff your brain with knowledge.”

“Like poetry, fashion does not state anything. It merely suggests”

“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...”

“Fashion is a language that creates itself in clothes to interpret reality.”

“The woman is the most perfect doll that i have dressed with delight and admiration.”