Image: Christopher William Adach, CC BY-SA 2.0
24 quotes
German fashion designer (1933–2019)
“The purpose of life is life.”
"Books are a hard-bound drug with no danger of an overdose. I am the happy victim of books."
on Writing
"For every book you buy, you should buy the time to read it."
on Wisdom
"Fashion is about going ahead, not about memory."
on Innovation
"People who say that yesterday was better than today are ultimately devaluing their own existence."
on Life
"Don’t sacrifice yourself too much, because if you sacrifice too much there’s nothing else you can give and nobody will care for you."
"Youthfulness is about how you live not when you were born."
"I'm open to everything. When you start to criticize the times you live in, your time is over."
"I’m very much down to earth, just not this earth."
on Humor
"Like poetry, fashion does not state anything. It merely suggests"
on Art
"Don't look to the approval of others for your mental stability"
"If you stick to something doggedly, you are off to a bad start."
"A respectable appearance is sufficient to make people more interested in your soul"
on Perception
"Absurdity and anti—absurdity are the two poles of creative energy."
on Creativity
"Don’t overact the story of your name. Overact the story of your work."
on Work
"Clear thinking at the wrong moment can stifle creativity."
"I'm very down to Earth, I'm just not from this Earth."
"Fashion is ephemeral, dangerous and unfair."
"Music gives color to the air of the moment."
"What i like about photographs is that they capture a moment that’s gone forever, impossible to reproduce."
"Fashion is neither moral or immoral, but it is for rebuilding the morale."
on Philosophy
