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Coco Chanel Quotes

1883–1971 France

Gabrielle Bonheur "Coco" Chanel (19 August 1883 – 10 January 1971) was a pioneering French fashion designer whose modernist philosophy, menswear-inspired fashions, and pursuit of expensive simplicity made her an important figure in 20th-century fashion. She was the founder of the famous fashion brand Chanel.

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How many cares one loses when one decides not to be something, but to be someone.

Contemporary Quotations‎ (1954)

In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different.

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

Believing in Ourselves (1992)

A girl should be two things: classy and fabulous.

Fashion fades, only style remains the same.

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.

Chanel (1987)

Dress shabbily and they remember the dress; dress impeccably and they remember the woman.

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

Beauty in Bloom : A Collection of Beautiful Inspirations‎ (2009)

Success is often achieved by those who don't know that failure is inevitable.

Believing in Ourselves (1992)

Don't spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door.

You've Got Style : Your Personal Guide for Relating to Others‎ (2000)

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

Fashion is architecture. It is a matter of proportions.

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.

Chanel : A Woman of Her Own (1991)

Youth is something very new: Twenty years ago no one mentioned it.

Simplicity is the keynote of all true elegance.

interview in Harper's Bazaar (1923)

Fashion is made to become unfashionable.

LIFE magazine (1957)

I wanted to give a woman comfortable clothes that would flow with her body. A woman is closest to being naked when she is well-dressed.

As long as you know that most men are like children, you know everything.

Thinking Through the Essay (1986)

Nothing is ugly as long as it is alive.

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.

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Coco Chanel (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.