Karl Lagerfeld Quotes

Art is beauty, the perpetual invention of detail, the choice of words, the exquisite care of execution.

The beauty of a finely worked object points to the beauty of the craftsmanship. The beauty of the craftsmanship points to the beauty of the name which was the source of the craftsmanship. The beauty of the name of the craftsman's art points to the beauty of the craftsman's attributes manifested in that art.

Art is all in the details.

The mark of all good art is not that the thing done is done exactly or finely, for machinery may do as much, but that it is worked out with the head and the workman's heart.

Craft is everything.

Anything is an art if you do it at the level of an art.

Any activity becomes creative when the doer cares about doing it right or better.

I always try to write the best I can.

The moment you cheat for the sake of beauty, you know you're an artist.

I don't care if you're doing haute cuisine or burgers and pizza, just do it right.

Yes, the work comes out more beautiful from a material that resists the process, verse, marble, onyx, or enamel.

For a creative writer possession of the 'truth' is less important than emotional sincerity.

Only in art will the lion lie down with the lamb, and the rose grow without the thorn.

I like that I make toys.

The goal is to try and make the perfect song. Which of course will never happen.

If you can't make it good, at least make it look good.

God is in the details.

I give each book however long it needs to be the best I can make it.

My inspiration is always love and history, and my passion to a fault is craftsmanship and responsibility. Those are the simplest things. It goes beyond jewelry. It's every part of my life.

I want to inspire children to be obsessed over jewellery.

I'm always drooling over great design, from fashion to furniture.

Art is man's expression of his joy in labor.

What is fashion? It's discipline. Discipline and a credo to do only the best, down to the smallest detail.

I'd like people to remember me for a diligent expert workman. I think a poet is a workman. I think Shakespeare was a workman. And God's a workman. I don't think there's anything better than a workman.

I certainly like it if the work is beautiful, but that's a surplus effect. I can only think about that after I consider how it's made.