Karl Lagerfeld: Trending quotes

“Clear thinking at the wrong moment can stifle creativity.”

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

“People who say that yesterday was better than today are ultimately devaluing their own existence.”

“I love classic beauty. It’s an idea of beauty with no standard.”

“Dieting is the only game where you win when you lose!”

“I want everyone to wear what they want and mix it in their own way. That, to me, is what is modern.”

“Fashion is a language that creates itself in clothes to interpret reality.”

“Forgiveness is too easy. I can forget by indifference, but not forgive. I prefer revenge.”

“Books are a hard-bound drug with no danger of an overdose. I am the happy victim of books.”

“One is never over-dressed or underdressed with a Little Black Dress.”

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

“There will never be a chanel collection without black”

“Music gives color to the air of the moment.”

“When people talk about the good old days, I say to people, 'It's not the days that are old, it's you that's old.' I hate the good old days. What is important is that today is good.”

“Stuff your brain with knowledge.”

“In a meat-eating world, wearing leather for shoes and even clothes, the discussion of fur is childish.”

“I like to reinvent myself — it’s part of my job.”

“Never use the word “cheap”. Today everybody can look chic in inexpensive clothes (the rich buy them too). There is good clothing design on every level today. You can be the chicest thing in the world in a T-shirt and jeans — it’s up to you.”

“Luxury is the ease of a t-shirt in a very expensive dress.”