Karl Lagerfeld

"Reincarnation is not something I believe in, but if it exists, I want to come back as Coco Chanel's cat."

"A woman has the age she deserves."

"When you're dead, you're dead. There's nothing else, no other existence."

"I believe in nothing. Everything is absurd."

"The most important appointment is with yourself."

"I'm a fashion person, and fashion is not something that goes in the mind. Fashion is something that goes in the eyes and the heart."

"You can tell a lot about a person by what they wear and what they don't wear."

"Imitators can never be as good as the originals."

"I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book."

"Money is not the problem. Time is the real luxury."

"If you want to be forgiven, you must first admit what you did wrong."

"I invented the concept of dressing on purpose."

"The moment I feel that the cold is affecting my health and spirit, I will leave."

"I love the computer, but I am not very good with it."

"I only make decisions that feel right in my stomach."

"A collection is not about the fabric or the embroidery, it's about the message you want to convey."

"You're only as good as your last collection."

"I have always been an observer, and I like to stand back."

"Everything I do, I do it for love. If it's not for love, then there's no point."

"A person is either fashionable or they are not."

"Working is a privilege, but not everyone understands this."

"Trends are cyclic, but style is eternal."

"I do not understand how to waste time. That's the one thing I have no patience for."

"The world of fashion is very lonely for those who are not strong."

"Never mix camel with brown. It's disgusting."

"Fashion faux pas which did the most damage to the world would be the miseducation of body and soul."

"I love music because it's the only language you don't need to know the grammar to understand."

"What I do is a form of protest against mediocrity."

"If you are not fashionable in your approach to work, you will never succeed."

"Fashion is like food. You should not eat the same thing every day."