If I read too much or know too much it's not because I want to talk about it, it's only because it's interesting for me. Karl Lagerfeld More Quotes by Karl Lagerfeld More Quotes From Karl Lagerfeld These are fat mummies sitting with their bags of crisps in front of the television, saying that thin models are ugly. Fashion is about dreams and illusions, and no one wants to see round women. Karl Lagerfeld bagsfashiondream I think for my bones and my size, I better stay with my 60 kilo. Karl Lagerfeld sizebonesthinking I wanted to become a cartoon artist, a portrait artist, and an illustrator. This was my first idea. Karl Lagerfeld cartoonartistideas I'm all self-taught. I never had a teacher. Even for English, and French, and German, I hardly went to school. Karl Lagerfeld selfteacherschool I never had to learn English, French and German because I was brought up as all three languages. I had a private French teacher before I even went to school. That helped a lot. Karl Lagerfeld artistteacherschool Clothes if they are not well cut, you can kill nobody. A building poorly built can kill people. It's a much more difficult work. I would not compare myself with that. Karl Lagerfeld difficult-workclothescutting Children are the last thing I want. I hate all children. For other people, it's fine, but not for me. I was born not to be a family person. Karl Lagerfeld hatechildrenpeople Adele is another problem. I never said that she was fat. I said that she was a little roundish; a little roundish is not fat. But for such a beautiful girl... after that she lost eight kilos [17.6 pounds] so I think the message was not that bad. Karl Lagerfeld girlbeautifulthinking Beauty with character ages better than perfection. Karl Lagerfeld perfectionagecharacter I am a sort of vampire, taking the blood of other people. Karl Lagerfeld vampirebloodpeople Fur is not murder, but it is quite expensive. Karl Lagerfeld furmurderexpensive Beauty is also submitted to the taste of time. Karl Lagerfeld epochtastebeauty We built everything - toilets included. I think those islands in the middle of nowhere are quite poetic. It's kind of an Oriental Atlantis. Karl Lagerfeld toiletsislandsthinking Sometimes the best ideas I have are in my bathtub or in my bed or in my dreams early in the morning before waking up ... I'm like a TV antennae, I catch it all and do it my way. Karl Lagerfeld hatedreammorning I have no scene, I go everywhere, I adapt. Karl Lagerfeld scene I have no personality, or I have three, depending on how you look at it. Karl Lagerfeld threepersonalitylooks The couture is what a certain kind of clientele wears. But it's amusing to do because you do it piece by piece. It's another concept. It's much more work. Karl Lagerfeld amusementpieceskind I have moved to a smaller house in Paris, and I don't fancy having so much staff now. Karl Lagerfeld fancyparishouse You cannot fight against it. There's a price you have to pay for fame, and people who don't want to pay that price can get in trouble. I accepted the idea of celebrity because of a French expression: 'You cannot have the butter and the money for the butter.' Karl Lagerfeld fightingexpressionideas They're my burka... I'm a little shortsighted, and people, when they're shortsighted, they remove their glasses and then they look like cute little dogs who want to be adopted. Karl Lagerfeld glassesdogcute