Quotes from lagerfeld karl ii

Truth is only a question of point of view.

I don't like to act because my life is a pantomime anyway.

The most important piece of furniture in a house is the garbage can.

I hate amateurs. I hate unprofessional people. There are enough people who can do jobs decently that there's no reason that people who cannot do them decently [should] pretend to be great at it.

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.

I care more about the people than about the company. That's why I don't want to own it. I don't want to run a business. People do it better than I do.

I think tattoos are horrible. It's like living in a Pucci dress full-time.

I'm born with a pencil in my hand. I did lots of sketching. I've only wanted paper and beautiful colors. It was my dream, and it still is my dream. And books. They're all I need, and the rest I can do without.

Normal people think I'm insane.

I have one instinct stronger than any other thing in life, and that is the instinct for survival.

Only the minute and the future are interesting in fashion--it exists to be destroyed. If everybody did everything with respect, you'd go nowhere.

Those social networks, there's something sad about them. Is it because they don't have enough knowledge about friends and people? I don't understand it. It's like a talkative mirror where people talk to themselves. And what I hate most in life is selfies.

You know, I don't ask myself too much how. I just do it.

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.

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

I'm very happy that I have an Italian version, a French version, and then I have my own company, but I'm not obsessed by my name. Some people are, "Oh, my name," but I couldn't care less about my name. What I like is the job. The ego trip of that comes later.

If you attach no importance to weight problems, if not being able to wear new, trendy small-sized clothes does not cause you any regret, this book is not for you.

People who can't be alone have a problem. Loneliness is a luxury for people like me.

There's a price you have to pay for fame, and people who don't want to pay that price can get in trouble. I accepted the idea of celebrity because of a French expression: "You cannot have the butter and the money for the butter."