Quotes from Karl Lagerfeld

Fashion is ephemeral, dangerous and unfair.

The best ideas I've had in my life are those I saw in my sleep, in the early morning.

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

My life is based on change. What I say is OK for the next ten minutes, then I change my mind.

Luxury bags make your life more pleasant, make you dream, give you confidence, and show your neighbors you are doing well.

Who buys French cars? Not me.

The first thing I do when I get up, I have breakfast.

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

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

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

Logos and branding are so important. In a big part of the world, people cannot read French or English--but are great in remembering signs

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

I like to do things quickly because I'm easily bored.

I'm all self-taught. I never had a teacher. Even for English, and French, and German, I hardly went to school.

I'm German in my mind, but from a Germany that doesn't exist any more.

The iPod completely changed the way people approach music.

Beauty is also submitted to the taste of time, so a beautiful woman from the Belle Epoch is not exactly the perfect beauty of today, so beauty is something that changes with time.

For every book you buy, you should buy the time to read it.

I'm not an employee who goes to the office every morning at the same time. Then, vacations are needed.

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

I can't wait for the iPhone 6. It's my only ambition in life to have it quickly.

I make such big efforts to forget things and I can't tell the story of my life because, thank God, I'm still living it.

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

Black-and-white always looks modern, whatever that word means.