Quotes from Karl Lagerfeld

If you stick to something doggedly, you are off to a bad start.

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.

Keep the best, forget the rest.

change is the healthiest way to survive

Success nullifies. You then have to do it again, preferably differently

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.

If you throw money out of the window throw it out with joy. Don't say: 'one shouldn't do that' - that is bourgeois.

I buy my shoes a size too small. I like the way it feels.

For me, Chanel is like music. There are certain notes and you have to make another tune with them

Think pink but don't wear it

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

Personality begins where comparison ends.

Trendy is the last stage before tacky.

I'm very much down to earth - just not this earth.

Mon plus grand luxe est de n'avoir à me justifier auprès de personne.

Respect is not creative ... Chanel is an institution, and you have to treat an institution like a whore — and then you get something out of her.

I'm very severe with myself and sometimes I miss French cheese, but in your world it's not exactly the same thing.

Ma curiosité est insatiable, je vampirise l'air du temps.

Books are a hard-bound drug with no danger of an overdose i'm the happy victim of books

When I was younger I wanted to be a caricaturist. In the end, I've become a caricature.

There is nothing worse than bringing up the 'good old days.' To me, that's the ultimate acknowledgment of failure.

I am a living label. My name is Labelfeld not Lagerfeld.

One Is Never Over-Dressed OR Understand With A Little Black Dress By Karl Lagerfeld

Buy what you don't have yet, or what you really want, which can be mixed with what you already own. Buy only because something excites you, not just for the simple act of shopping