Coco Chanel Quotes

I have steadfastly refused to make concessions that would undermine my ideals.

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.

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

A woman is only as good as the peace and light she radiates.

I was the one who changed, it wasn't fashion. I was the one who was in fashion.

I imposed black; it still going strong today, for black wipes out everything else around

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

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.

That's what fame is: solitude.

Simplicity is the keynote of all true elegance.

An interior is the natural projection of the soul.

Money for me has only one sound: liberty.

Winston [ Churchill] is a dandy and a visionary. Unfortunately, in winning wars, principles are inevitably debased. That's politics.

Nothing is ugly as long as it is alive.

I am no longer what I was. I will remain what I have become.

When I can no longer create anything, I'll be done for.

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.

I have only one curiosity left: death.

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

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

There are people who have money and people who are rich.

Fashion changes, Style remains

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

Elegance is when the inside is as beautiful as the outside.

Guilt is perhaps the most painful companion of death.

A woman in love is helpless.

Some people think luxury is the opposite of poverty. It is not. It is the opposite of vulgarity.

My life didn't please me, so I created my life.

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

A woman is closest to being naked when she is well-dressed.

It's always better to be underdressed.

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

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.

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

In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different.

If a woman is poorly dressed, you notice her dress. If a woman is impeccably dressed, you notice the woman.

Material things aside, we need not advice but approval.

As soon as you set foot on a yacht you belong to some man, not to yourself, and you die of boredom.

One can get used to ugliness, but never to negligence.

It is always better to be slightly underdressed.

A young lady ought to be two things: tasteful and breathtaking.

If you are sad, if you are heartbroken, make yourself up, dress up, add more lipstick and attack.

What every Englishman thinks about patriotism, the last refuge of a scoundrel.

Creativity is the art of concealing your sources.

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

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

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

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