Quotes from Karl Lagerfeld

Fortunately there is more wealth in the world than there was at the time of the global economic crisis of 1929 - Chinese, Indian, Arab and Russian.

I like girls to be wild but at the same time beautifully brought up and very funny.

Designers must be both conscious and unconscious at the same time. Clear thinking at the wrong moment can stifle talent.

Lana del Rey is not bad at all. She looks very much like a modern-time singer. In her photos she is beautiful. Is she a construct with all her implants? She's not alone with implants.

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

Bling is over. Red carpet covered with rhinestones is out. I call it 'the new modesty.'

I'm a working-class person, working with class.

Don't dress to kill, dress to survive.

T-shirts for ten dollars are even more fashion today than expensive fashion.

The importance of logo into today's fashion is un! be! Lievable!

Some models who aren't the most beautiful end up becoming the greatest of all time.

I'm trying to think of the last time I had onions.

No, I have someone who comes to the house and washes it, puts in the dry shampoo, and takes care if it because I have no time.

Personality begins where comparison ends.

The best thing to do is dive with your imagination ~ you can never drown yourself.

Everyone wants to know and hopes I retire so they can get the jobs. But my contracts with Fendi and Chanel are lifelong.

My childhood was endless - from eight to 18 felt like hundreds of years.

I never smoked. I never drank and I never took drugs. The funny thing is, nothing is more boring, people like this. For me, it's OK. But most of my friends, at least they smoke and drink.

I'm totally myself.

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

What I love best in life is new starts.

Oh yes, I love to do shoes. I'm not a fetishist but I love to do shoes.

I wanted to become an illustrator as a child.

But if I have a lot of imagination, I could tell myself whatever I wanted, you know. I handle myself quite well. I'm kind of fascist with myself, you know. There's no discussion. There is an order. You follow it.