Kaiser Karl Lagerfeld's Quotes on Vogue UK.com

1973 - How he describes his boudoir:

“If you see it you will think about everything except sex, because it is the unsexiest room ever. I love unsexy bedrooms”

1975 - On his working practices:

"I am a sort of vampire, taking the blood of other people"

1978 - On his early start:

"When I was four I asked my mother for a valet for my birthday"

1984 - On his feelings following a fashion show:

"I’m a kind of fashion nymphomaniac who never gets an orgasm"

1984 - His thoughts on Yves Saint Laurent:

"He is very middle-of-the-road French-very pied-noir, very provincial"

1989 - On Ines de la Fressange, his ex-muse:

"I wish her all the luck in the world, just so long as I don’t have to see her anymore or hear her spoken about"

1997 - On living on his own:

"I live in a set, with the curtains of the stage closed with no audience - but who cares?"

2004 - On weightloss:

“I lost 200lb to wear suits by Hedi Slimane”

2006 - On staying healthy:

"Vanity is the healthiest thing in life"

2006 - On music and technology:

"The iPod is genius. I have 300"

2007 - On his feelings prior to a fashion show:

"I have no human feelings"

2007 - On being labelled a squanderer:

"If you throw money out of the window throw it out with joy. Don’t say 'one shouldn’t do that' - that is bourgeois"

2007 - On furnishing a home:

"The most important piece in the house is the garbage can"

2007 - On his inimitable image:

"I am like a caricature of myself, and I like that. It is like a mask. And for me the Carnival of Venice lasts all year long"

2007 - On being childless:

"They grow so fast, and having adult children makes you look 100 years old. I don’t want that"

2008 - On the ongoing fur debate:

"The discussion of fur is childish"

2009 - His thoughts on the recession:

"Bling is over. Red carpetry covered with rhinestones is out. I call it the new modesty"