Absurdity and anti—absurdity are the two poles of creative energy.

— Karl Lagerfeld

A respectable appearance is sufficient to make people more interested in your soul

— Karl Lagerfeld

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.

— Karl Lagerfeld

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

— Karl Lagerfeld

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.

— 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.

— Karl Lagerfeld

Chanel is an institution, and you have to treat an institution like a whore – and then you get something out of her

— Karl Lagerfeld

Clear thinking at the wrong moment can stifle creativity.

— Karl Lagerfeld

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

— Karl Lagerfeld

Don't look to the approval of others for your mental stability

— Karl Lagerfeld