German fashion designer (1933- )
What I like about photographs is that they capture a moment that’s gone forever, impossible to reproduce.
KARL LAGERFELD
attributed, Click You!
During the golden age of movie stars, there were plenty of actresses who were deemed unattractive at the start of their careers, but struggled and finally appeared more beautiful and more iconic. Sometimes that idea of being truly iconic has something to do with not necessarily being beautiful and thus trying harder.
KARL LAGERFELD
Interview Magazine
We live in the world of images, but we also live in the world of the Internet, of zapping and where people move. You can make little videos on your phone. I love very composed images, but the idea of moving pictures with a story, with a plot is quite interesting, too.
KARL LAGERFELD
"Media People: Q&A With Karl Lagerfeld", Women's Wear Daily, Sep. 12, 2014
I also do political cartoons, but a lot of them must stay, as they say, under the coat. But they are very fun to do, and in France, we have a good subject at the moment.
KARL LAGERFELD
"Karl Lagerfeld on Diets, Sobriety, and Becoming a Nicer Person", New York Magazine, Nov. 7, 2013
I can't wait for the iPhone 6. It's my only ambition in life to have it quickly.
KARL LAGERFELD
"Media People: Q&A With Karl Lagerfeld", Women's Wear Daily, Sep. 12, 2014
Nothing makes you look older than attempting to look young.
KARL LAGERFELD
The Telegraph, May 12, 2014
If I were pretentious I would say that I'm not an average person. But really, I know how that is.
KARL LAGERFELD
Vice Magazine, Feb. 28, 2010
A respectable appearance is sufficient to make people more interested in your soul.
KARL LAGERFELD
attributed, Change Your Clothes, Change Your Life
I like to be on TV when interviewers are good. I like it especially when it's live. When they can cut things, I don't like it as much. Sometimes they cut something and say, "Well, you would get in trouble, you would get a lawsuit." I tell them, "Well, I don't want my lawyers to be unemployed."
KARL LAGERFELD
"Media People: Q&A With Karl Lagerfeld", Women's Wear Daily, Sep. 12, 2014
When I was four I asked my mother for a valet for my birthday.
KARL LAGERFELD
"Karl Lagerfeld's 25 Most Infamous Quotes", Marie Claire, Mar. 10, 2014
What I do, Coco would have hated. The label has an image and it's up to me to update it. I do what she never did. I had to find my mark. I had to go from what Chanel was to what it should be.
KARL LAGERFELD
"Karl Lagerfeld's 25 Most Infamous Quotes", Marie Claire, Mar. 10, 2014
Everything I say is a joke. I am a joke myself.
KARL LAGERFELD
"Karl Lagerfeld's 20 Best Quotes", Glamour Magazine, Feb. 11, 2014
I'm German in my mind, but from a Germany that doesn't exist anymore.
KARL LAGERFELD
"In the Now", The New Yorker, Mar. 19, 2007
A book has to be easy to open and you don't have to be a bodybuilder to lift it. I like books I can read in bed. Those big tombstones would kill me.
KARL LAGERFELD
"Media People: Q&A With Karl Lagerfeld", Women's Wear Daily, Sep. 12, 2014
Tell me, why do former young designers who are now in their middle 40s have to redo the 1960s and 70s. Why they cannot invent fashion for today?
KARL LAGERFELD
The Guardian, Mar. 25, 2014
I'm not a social person. Not that I'm not at ease. I'm pretty good, but it bores me. Not the people, but the whole thing. What for? It's not very productive. I only want to do what I have to do: fashion, photography, books. And that's all.
KARL LAGERFELD
"In the Now", The New Yorker, Mar. 19, 2007
People in magazines are 50% bimbo and 50% pregnant women.
KARL LAGERFELD
"Karl Lagerfeld on Adele, the Greek crisis and M.I.A.'s middle finger", Metro
The reason American cars don't sell anymore is that they have forgotten how to design the American Dream. What does it matter if you buy a car today or six months from now, because cars are not beautiful. That's why the American auto industry is in trouble: no design, no desire.
KARL LAGERFELD
Vanity Fair, Feb. 1992
They are fat mummies sitting with their bags of crisps in front of the television, saying that thin models are ugly.
KARL LAGERFELD
on women that object to thin models, "Karl Lagerfeld's 20 Best Quotes", Glamour Magazine, Feb. 11, 2014
I always think I'm lazy, maybe I could do better, I could make more effort and I always have the feeling that there is a glass wall that I cannot get through. But maybe when I get through, then it's over.
KARL LAGERFELD
The Guardian, Mar. 25, 2014