Luxury is the income tax of vanity. But it is so pleasant. Karl Lagerfeld More Quotes by Karl Lagerfeld More Quotes From Karl Lagerfeld Forgiveness is too easy. I can forget by indifference, but not forgive. I prefer revenge. Karl Lagerfeld forgivenessforgivingrevenge What is the worst is a fashion designer who talks all the time of his or her creativity, what they are, how they evolved. Just do it and shut up. Karl Lagerfeld shut-upcreativityfashion I think everyone should go to bed like they have a date at the door. Karl Lagerfeld beddoorsthinking There's something boring about people who have to go to an office for a living... Karl Lagerfeld boringofficepeople When people want to be liked for what they did, they should stop. Karl Lagerfeld wantinspirationalpeople In a meat-eating world, wearing leather for shoes and clothes and even handbags, the discussion of fur is childish. Karl Lagerfeld meat-eatingclothesshoes When I was a child I asked my mother what homosexuality was about and she said - and this was 100 years ago in Germany and she was very open-minded - 'It's like hair color. It's nothing. Some people are blond and some people have dark hair. It's not a subject.' This was a very healthy attitude. Karl Lagerfeld motherattitudechildren I think tattoos are horrible. It's like living in a Pucci dress full-time. Karl Lagerfeld tattoodressesthinking Elegance is a physical quality. If a woman doesn't have it naked, she'll never it clothed. Karl Lagerfeld nakedstylequality Nothing makes you look older than attempting to look young. You can fool anyone, apart from the young. The worst are the lip operations. There are people who have it done and I don't recognise them afterwards. They look like they flew through the windscreen during a car accident and were patched up badly afterwards. Karl Lagerfeld foolcarpeople To reinvent a newly impeccable you in the most modern of outfits, don't skip on makeup and be sure to have flawless skin and hair. That will have more impact than expensive clothes. Karl Lagerfeld makeupclothesfashion I'm a working-class person, working with class. Karl Lagerfeld working-classpersonsclass If you want respect for your past, it means that you have a problem with your present and even more with your future. Karl Lagerfeld wantmeanpast I'm not a social person. Not that I'm not at ease. I'm pretty good, but it bores me. Not the people, but the whole thing. What for? It's not very productive. I only want to do what I have to do: fashion, photography, books. And that's all. Karl Lagerfeld fashionphotographybook Success nullifies. You then have to do it again, preferably differently. Karl Lagerfeld I like to reinvent myself — it’s part of my job. Karl Lagerfeld jobs The middle has not enough class that I think about the middle class. Karl Lagerfeld enoughclassthinking I am physically allergic to flip-flops Karl Lagerfeld flip-flopsallergicflip A sense of humour and a little lack of respect: That's what you need to make a legend survive. Karl Lagerfeld legendslittlesneeds 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. Karl Lagerfeld hateimportantpeople
