Don’t overact the story of your name. Overact the story of your work.

— Karl Lagerfeld

Don’t sacrifice yourself too much, because if you sacrifice too much there’s nothing else you can give and nobody will care for you.

— Karl Lagerfeld

Fashion and music are the same, because music express its period too.

— Karl Lagerfeld

Fashion does not have to prove that it is serious. It is the proof that intelligent frivolity can be something creative and positive

— Karl Lagerfeld

Fashion is about going ahead, not about memory.

— Karl Lagerfeld

Fashion is about two things: the evolution and the opposite.

— Karl Lagerfeld

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

— Karl Lagerfeld

Fashion is ephemeral, dangerous and unfair.

— Karl Lagerfeld

Fashion is neither moral nor immoral, but it is for rebuilding the morale.

— Karl Lagerfeld

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

— Karl Lagerfeld