Karl Lagerfeld

What I like about photographs is that they capture a moment that’s gone forever, impossible to reproduce.

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.

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.

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

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

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

People who do a job that claims to be creative have to be alone to recharge their batteries. You can’t live 24 hours a day in the spotlight and remain creative. For people like me, solitude is a victory.

Sweatpants are a sign of defeat. You lost control of your life so you bought some sweatpants.

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.

“I’m very much down to earth, just not this earth.

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

Music gives color to the air of the moment.

The secret to modeling is not being perfect. What one needs is a face that people can identify in a second. You have to be given what’s needed by nature, and what’s needed is to bring something new.