Coco Chanel Quotes

Be classy. Anything but trashy.

I invented my life by taking for granted that everything I did not like would have an opposite, which I would like.

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

To be irreplaceable, you have to be different.

Nothing is more beautiful than freedom of the body.

Fashion is architecture: it is a matter of proportions.

I am not young but I feel young. The day I feel old, I will go to bed and stay there. J'aime la vie! I feel that to live is a wonderful thing.

I don't do fashion, I'm fashion

Nature gives you the face you have at twenty; it is up to you to merit the face you have at fifty.

The best things in life are free. The second best things are very, very expensive.

A woman has the age she deserves.

A women who doesn't wear perfume has no future.

Fashion fades, only style remains the same.

I never wanted to weigh more heavily on a man than a bird.

Adornment is never anything except a reflection of the heart.

Nothing makes a woman look so old as desperately trying to look young

A style does not go out of style as long as it adapts itself to its period. When there is an incompatibility between the style and a certain state of mind, it is never the style that triumphs.

Luxury lies not in the richness of things, but in the absence of vulgarity

True generosity means accepting ingratitude.

A women needs ropes and ropes of pearls.

We are born with only one face, but laughing or crying, wisely or unwisely, eventually we form our own.

It is the unseen, unforgettable, ultimate accessory of fashion that heralds your arrival and prolongs your departure.

A woman with good shoes i never ugly!

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.

Hard times arouse an instinctive desire for authenticity.

Women must tell men always that they are the strong ones. They are the big, the strong, the wonderful. In truth, women are the strong ones. It is just my opinion, I am not a professor.

Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only.

Beauty Should Begin in the Heart and Soul, otherwise cosmetics are useless.

Women have always been the strong ones of the world.

A woman's education consists of two lessons: never leave the house without stocking, never go out without a hat.

Fashion is in the sky, in the street.

Elegance is refusal.

Perfume heralds a woman’s arrival and prolongs her departure.

Money for me has only one sound: liberty.

In order to be irreplaceable, one must always be different- life isn't about finding yourself, it's about creating yourself- a girl should be two things: who and what she wants.

Modesty is the highest elegance

I was a rebellious child, a rebellious lover, a rebellious couturière - a real devil.

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

Creativity is the art of concealing your sources.

There are no ugly women, only lazy.

When I find a colour darker than black, I'll wear it. But until then, I'm wearing black!

Wear perfume wherever you want to be kissed!

Adornment, what a science! Beauty, what a weapon! Modesty, what elegance!

A fashion that does not reach the streets is not a fashion

simplicity is the key of elegance

Chanel is above all a style. Fashion passes, style remains.

Luxury must be comfortable, otherwise it is not luxury.

J'aime la vie! I feel that to live is a wonderful thing.

A woman does not become interesting until she is over 40.

Traveling is so complicated. There are so many people everywhere. I make my best journeys on my couch.