The best way to know people is to work with them. Karl Lagerfeld More Quotes by Karl Lagerfeld More Quotes From Karl Lagerfeld The French say you get hungry when you’re eating, and I get inspired when I’m working. It’s my engine. Karl Lagerfeld hungryinspiredeating I do my job like I breathe. Karl Lagerfeld breathejobs During the golden age of movie stars, there were plenty of actresses who were deemed unattractive at the start of their careers, but struggled and finally appeared more beautiful and more iconic. Sometimes that idea of being truly iconic has something to do with not necessarily being beautiful and thus trying harder. Karl Lagerfeld careersstarsbeautiful I'm like a rock singer with one-night stands on the road. Karl Lagerfeld rockssingersnight The thing at the moment is Adele. She is a little too fat, but she has a beautiful face and a divine voice. Karl Lagerfeld voicelittlesbeautiful In fact, I don't even know myself. That is the big secret of the story. That there is no story. Karl Lagerfeld secretstoriesfacts I imagine the world from my window ... Traveling, I think it's a nightmare today. The airports and things the people in the street with the selfies ... I like to stay at home and read. Karl Lagerfeld airportshomethinking I like girls to be wild but at the same time beautifully brought up and very funny. Karl Lagerfeld girl I've only wanted paper and beautiful colors. It was my dream, and it still is my dream. And books. They're all I need, and the rest I can do without. Karl Lagerfeld dreambeautifulbook Fantasy is often better than reality. It's much more inspiring not to go to places than to go. Karl Lagerfeld fantasyreality No one wants to see curvy women. Karl Lagerfeld curvy-womencurvywant Designers must be both conscious and unconscious at the same time. Clear thinking at the wrong moment can stifle talent. Karl Lagerfeld talentmomentsthinking What I hate most in life are people who are not really the peach of the day but who want to be young and sexy. You can fool nobody. There is a moment when you have to accept that somebody else is younger and fresher and hotter. Life is not a beauty contest. Karl Lagerfeld sexyhatepeople I'm German in my mind, but from a Germany that doesn't exist any more. Karl Lagerfeld germanymind Some models who aren't the most beautiful end up becoming the greatest of all time. Karl Lagerfeld becomingendsbeautiful I never fall in love. Karl Lagerfeld never-fall-in-lovefalling-in-lovefall Forget about your folklore. I can take a few inspirations, but I can certainly not do an homage. That's not my trip. I'm a fashion vampire. I take what I need and I leave the rest. Karl Lagerfeld vampirefashioninspiration Lana del Rey is not bad at all. She looks very much like a modern-time singer. In her photos she is beautiful. Is she a construct with all her implants? She's not alone with implants. Karl Lagerfeld singersbeautifullooks Sometimes the idea of being truly iconic has something to do with not necessarily being beautiful and thus trying harder. Karl Lagerfeld tryingbeautifulideas I don’t do meetings. At Chanel, there are no meetings. At Chanel, we do what we want, whenever we want and it works. And Fendi is the same. Karl Lagerfeld fendimeetingswant