I think we live only through our dreams and our imagination.

It’s not about the dress you wear, but it’s about the life you lead in the dress.

Don't you loathe the word "workaholic"? It has nothing to do with an important thing, that you and your secretary are at the office until 6:30. But that's life, kiddo. 24-hour work doesn't go on in America. 24-hour work is what Italy and Holland did after the war. The lights never went out!

Most people haven't got a point of view; they need to have it given to them––and what's more, they expect it from you.

I sincerely believe that energy grows from itself and the more energy you expand the more you create within yourself.

I never felt comfortable about my looks until I married Reed Vreeland. I believe in love at first sight because that's what it was. I knew the moment our eyes met that we would marry.

Where Chanel came from in France is anyone’s guess. She said one thing one day and another thing the next. She was a peasant—and a genius. Peasants and geniuses are the only people who count and she was both.