German fashion designer (1933- )
People who can't be alone have a problem. Loneliness is a luxury for people like me.
KARL LAGERFELD
"In the Now", The New Yorker, Mar. 19, 2007
When I was a child I asked my mother what homosexuality was about and she said--and this was 100 years ago in Germany and she was very open-minded--"It's like hair color. It's nothing. Some people are blond and some people have dark hair. It's not a subject." This was a very healthy attitude.
KARL LAGERFELD
Vice Magazine, Feb. 28, 2010
I hated the company of other children. I wanted to be a grownup person, to be taken seriously. I hated the idea of childhood; I thought it was a moment of endless stupidity.
KARL LAGERFELD
"In the Now", The New Yorker, Mar. 19, 2007
I do my job like I breathe, so if I can't breathe I'm in trouble!
KARL LAGERFELD
"In the Now", The New Yorker, Mar. 19, 2007
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.
KARL LAGERFELD
Vanity Fair, Feb. 1992
I don't like sleeping with people I really love. I don't want to sleep with them because sex cannot last, but affection can last forever.
KARL LAGERFELD
Vice Magazine, Feb. 28, 2010
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.
KARL LAGERFELD
"Karl Lagerfeld's 25 Most Infamous Quotes", Marie Claire, Mar. 10, 2014
I like newspapers. Maybe the iPad is very modern and everything, and I'm not against it, but I like the physical contact. And the physical contact of metal and glass is not as sensuous as paper.
KARL LAGERFELD
"Media People: Q&A With Karl Lagerfeld", Women's Wear Daily, Sep. 12, 2014
I am very boring, but it has allowed me to survive better than other people. If you don't drink, you don't smoke, and you don't do drugs, and you're not missing it and never even wanted it, and you sleep for seven hours. I tell you, life is quite pleasant.
KARL LAGERFELD
"Karl Lagerfeld on Diets, Sobriety, and Becoming a Nicer Person", New York Magazine, Nov. 7, 2013
I am a completely different person when I am working on different collections.
KARL LAGERFELD
"Karl Lagerfeld on Diets, Sobriety, and Becoming a Nicer Person", New York Magazine, Nov. 7, 2013
The iPod completely changed the way people approach music.
KARL LAGERFELD
attributed, The Ultimate Book of Quotations
People are very nice to me, even though I'm known for saying rude things.
KARL LAGERFELD
Huffington Post, May 28, 2013