Coco Chanel Quotes & Sayings
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Famous Quotes By Coco Chanel
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
I set the fashion for a quater of a century. Why? Because i knew how to express my own time. — 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
Yves Saint Laurent is a young man of excellent taste; the more he copies me the more taste he displays. — 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
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
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
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