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.

Women have always been the strong ones of the world. The men are always seeking from women a little pillow to put their heads down on. They are always longing for the mother who held them as infants.

Wear perfume wherever you want to be kissed!

My friends, there are no friends.

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.

I stood up for myself as I always have done. Nobody has ever told Coco Chanel what to think.

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