Coco Chanel Quotes & Sayings

My heart has always leaned towards England, and with the close friendship of Winston [Churchill], the hero who brought hope to the world, I could not imagine a happier life for myself. — Coco Chanel

Chanel is above all a style. Fashion passes, style remains. — Coco Chanel

Some people pursue unhappiness because happiness is too mild a sensation. — Coco Chanel

I set the fashion for a quater of a century. Why? Because i knew how to express my own time. — Coco Chanel

If you're sad, add more lipstick and attack. Men hate women who weep. — Coco Chanel

A woman has the age she deserves. — Coco Chanel

Where should one use perfume?" a young woman asked. "Wherever one wants to be kissed. — Coco Chanel

I have only one curiosity left: death. — Coco Chanel

As I now feel, I would wish to be borne off anywhere out of this world. — Coco Chanel

One can get used to ugliness, but never to negligence. — Coco Chanel

You live but once; you might as well be amusing. — Coco Chanel

The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud. — Coco Chanel

You cannot keep up a nightlife and amount to anything in the day. You cannot indulge in those foods and liquors that destroy the physique and still hope to have a physique that functions with the minimum of destruction to itself. A candle burnt at both ends may shed a brighter light, but the darkness that follows is for a longer time. — Coco Chanel

In order to be different one must be irreplaceble. — Coco Chanel

Nothing goes out of fashion sooner than a long dress with a very low neck. — Coco Chanel

Elegance means being beautiful both on the inside and out. — Coco Chanel

The best accessory for a woman - handsome man! — Coco Chanel

Costume jewelry is not made to give women an aura of wealth,
but to make them beautifu — Coco Chanel

Don't be like the rest of them, darling. — Coco Chanel

A style does not go out of style as long as it adapts itself to its period — Coco Chanel

Yves Saint Laurent is a young man of excellent taste; the more he copies me the more taste he displays. — Coco Chanel

Early happiness handicaps people. I do not regret having been profoundly unhappy. — Coco Chanel

No matter the age, a woman who is unloved is lost - unloved she might as well die. — Coco Chanel

After a fashion, they did, mingling the sale of perfumes with anti-Nazi propaganda. In the event, my tirelessly publicised determination to wrest back control of the business neutralised most of the adverse repercussions on me from an unwilling association with their propaganda. — Coco Chanel

My friends, there are no friends. — Coco Chanel

Before you leave the house, look in the mirror and remove one accessory. — Coco Chanel

Disregarding the fact that I am old enough to be [Walter] Schellenberg's mother, I would feel nauseated to be coupled with a man whose ideology has debased our hearts. — Coco Chanel

Capel said, "Remember that you're a woman." All too often I forgot that. — Coco Chanel

Passion always goes, and boredom stays. — Coco Chanel

There are no ugly women, only lazy. — Coco Chanel

One should not seek happiness, but rather happy people. — Coco Chanel

There have been several Duchesses of Westminster but there is only one Chanel! — Coco Chanel

I remember confuting one of Westminster's favourite maxims, "better the devil you know than the devil you don't". In the annals of popular wisdom, this is one of the most cretinous sayings I have come across. — Coco Chanel

In the act of deciding what to eliminate, you place value on what's left behind. — Coco Chanel

When I find a colour darker than black, I'll wear it. But until then, I'm wearing black! — Coco Chanel

No elegance is possible without perfume. It is the unseen, unforgettable, ultimate accessory — Coco Chanel

True elegance consists not in having a closet bursting with clothes, but rather in having a few well-chosen numbers in which one feels totally at ease. — Coco Chanel

simplicity is the key of elegance — Coco Chanel

Hard times arouse an instinctive desire for authenticity. — Coco Chanel

Modesty is the highest elegance — Coco Chanel

I only drink champagne on two occasions.When I am in love and when I am not — Coco Chanel

A woman can be over dressed but never over elegant. — Coco Chanel

Nature gives you the face you have at twenty; it is up to you to merit the face you have at fifty. — Coco Chanel

Caring about beauty, it is necessary to start with the heart and soul, otherwise no makeup will not help. — Coco Chanel

We are born with only one face, but laughing or crying, wisely or unwisely, eventually we form our own. — Coco Chanel

Perfume heralds a woman's arrival and prolongs her departure. — Coco Chanel

Elegance is not the prerogative of those who have just escaped from adolescence, but of those who have already taken possession of their future. — Coco Chanel

A beautiful dress may look beautiful on a hanger, but that means nothing. It must be seen on the shoulders, with the movement of the arms, the legs, and the waist. — Coco Chanel

No one is young after forty, but one can be irresistible at any age — Coco Chanel

Fashion becomes unfashionable. Style never. — Coco Chanel

A woman without perfume is a woman without a future. — Coco Chanel

He will soon be claiming that the Resistance has liberated the world. — Coco Chanel

Nothing makes a woman look so old as desperately trying to look young — Coco Chanel

People laughed at the way I dressed, but that was the secret of my success. I didn't look like anyone. — Coco Chanel

When putting on accessories, take off the last thing you've put on. — Coco Chanel

I am no longer what I was. I will remain what I have become. — Coco Chanel

An elegant woman should be able to do her marketing without making housewives laugh. Those who laugh are always right. — Coco Chanel

Good taste ruins certain true spiritual values: such as taste itself. — Coco Chanel

I don't do fashion, I'm fashion — Coco Chanel

Creativity is the art of concealing your sources. — Coco Chanel

Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street, fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, what is happening. — Coco Chanel

In 1919 I woke up famous. I'd never guessed it. If I'd known I was famous, I'd have stolen away and wept. I was stupid. I was supposed to be intelligent. I was sensitive and very dumb. — Coco Chanel

There is nothing worse than solitude. Solitude can help a man realize himself; but it destroys a woman — Coco Chanel

Women think of all colors except the absence of color. I have said that black has it all. White too. Their beauty is absolute. It is the perfect harmony. — Coco Chanel

A major shortcoming of the Resistance is the outnumbering, before long, of the genuine warriors by camera-carrying midgets intent on leaving a record of their purported heroism. — Coco Chanel

The best colour in the whole world is the one that looks good on you. — Coco Chanel

"Where should I apply Perfume?" a young lady asked. "Where you want to be kissed." — Coco Chanel

I consider lace to be one of the prettiest imitations ever made of the fantasy of nature; lace always evokes for me those incomparable designs which the branches and leaves of trees embroider across the sky, and I do not think that any invention of the human spirit could have a more graceful or precise origin. — Coco Chanel

True generosity means accepting ingratitude. — Coco Chanel

As a young girl, I was very proud at overcoming a reading handicap whilst other girls of my age read abundantly. — Coco Chanel

The age of a woman is not important: you can be wonderful in your 20's, amazing in your 40's and stay fabulous for the rest of your life. — Coco Chanel

Gentleness doesn't get work done unless you happen to be a hen laying eggs. — Coco Chanel

Beware originality. In women fashion originality can lead to carnival. — Coco Chanel

One should refrain from contempt for the baser specimens of humanity, for whom liberation amounts to shaving the heads of women who have slept with Germans. — Coco Chanel

A woman in love is helpless. — Coco Chanel

I'm for style - fashions change too often. — Coco Chanel

A girl should be two things:: classy & fabulous — Coco Chanel

Clothes by a man who doesn't know women, never had one, and dreams of being one! — Coco Chanel

In fashion, you know you have succeeded when there is an element of upset. — Coco Chanel

If I say that I love you but I do want personal time, or if I don't want to do PDA, it's not that I have something against you. — Coco Chanel

A dress made right should allow one to walk, to dance, even to ride horseback. — Coco Chanel

Elegance is refusal. — Coco Chanel

Women must tell men always that they are the strong ones. They are the big, the strong, the wonderful. In truth, women are the strong ones. It is just my opinion, I am not a professor. — Coco Chanel

Keep your heels, head & standards high! — Coco Chanel

Those who create are rare; those who cannot are numerous. Therefore, the latter are stronger. — Coco Chanel

A woman who doesn't wear perfume has no future. — Coco Chanel

Passion goes, Boredom remains. — Coco Chanel

It's not the rooms, it's the life you live in them — Coco Chanel

Fashion: a beautiful thing that becomes ugly. Art: an ugly thing that becomes beautiful. — Coco Chanel

It is always better to be slightly underdressed. — Coco Chanel

Eat less than you think you want, eat with your intelligence, not your stomach. Never get up from the table with an inward, silent apology for being a pig. — Coco Chanel

Material things aside, we need not advice but approval. — Coco Chanel

Wear perfume wherever you want to be kissed! — Coco Chanel

I wholeheartedly welcomed Charles de Gaulle eulogy of French valour, to which he attributed the liberation of Paris. — Coco Chanel

Adornment, what a science! Beauty, what a weapon! Modesty, what elegance! — Coco Chanel

Nothings makes a woman look older that a rich costume. — Coco Chanel

My reason for choosing diamonds is that, dense as they are, they represent the greatest worth in the smallest volume. — Coco Chanel

It's not the appearance, it's the essence. It's not the money, it's the education. It's not the clothes, it's the class. — Coco Chanel

As extended as you know most males are like young children, you understand all the things. — Coco Chanel

A woman with good shoes i never ugly! — Coco Chanel