Coco Chanel Quotes
20 quotes from Coco Chanel — Founder of Chanel and revolutionary fashion designer who liberated women from corsets, popularized the little black dre….
“The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.”
“A girl should be two things: classy and fabulous.”
“It's probably not just by chance that I'm alone. It would be very hard for a man to live with me, unless he's terribly strong. And if he's stronger than I, I'm the one who can't live with him. … I'm neither smart nor stupid, but I don't think I'm a run-of-the-mill person. I've been in business without being a businesswoman, I've loved without being a woman made only for love. The two men I've loved, I think, will remember me, on earth or in heaven, because men always remember a woman who caused them concern and uneasiness. I've done my best, in regard to people and to life, without precepts, but with a taste for justice.”
“A woman is closest to being naked when she is well dressed.”
“Elegance is refusal.”
“In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different.”
“I only drink Champagne on two occasions, when I am in love and when I am not.”
“Fashion changes, but style endures.”
“Fashion has two purposes: comfort and love. Beauty comes when fashion succeeds.”
“Before you leave the house, look in the mirror and take at least one thing off.”
“A woman needs ropes and ropes of pearls.”
“My jewels represent an idea, first and foremost! I wanted to cover women with constellations.”
“I don't even know whether I've been happy.”
“Some people think luxury is the contrary of being poor. No, it is the contrary of vulgarity.”
“My life didn't please me, so I created my life.”
“There have been several Duchesses of Westminster. There is only one Chanel.”
“She smiled and kept hold of my hand. I'm very pleased as you see, there was no big audience, but the people who did come really understand work done well. No one pays me compliments anymore simply to please me. It's my work that I'm congratulated on. And to me, that's the only thing that counts.”
“I don't like the family. You're born in it, not of it. I don't know anything more terrifying than the family.”
“I take away, I take away, I take away everything I created, and then I find useless.”
“Nothing is more beautiful than freedom of the body.”
