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Coco Chanel

20 quotes

“He will soon be claiming that the Resistance has liberated the world.”
Coco Chanel (1883–1971) first seen 1944 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On Charles De Gaulle from the 1944 interview with, the then MI6 agent, Malcolm Muggeridge. Read the full interview here.
“There is nothing more comfortable than a caterpillar and nothing more made for love than a butterfly. We need dresses that crawl and dresses that fly. Fashion is at once a caterpillar and a butterfly, caterpillar by day, butterfly by night”
Coco Chanel (1883–1971) said by 1971 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Statement in the 1920s as quoted in Chanel (1987) by Jean Leymari
“Fashion is made to become unfashionable.”
Coco Chanel (1883–1971) first seen 1957 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in LIFE magazine (1957)
“How many cares one loses when one decides not to be something, but to be someone.”
Coco Chanel (1883–1971) first seen 1954 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in Contemporary Quotations‎ (1954) by James Beasley Simpson
“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.”
Coco Chanel (1883–1971) first seen 1971 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in Coco Chanel : Her Life, Her Secrets (1971), p. 95
“Youth is something very new: Twenty years ago no one mentioned it.”
Coco Chanel (1883–1971) first seen 1971 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in Coco Chanel : Her Life, Her Secrets (1971)
“Fashion is architecture. It is a matter of proportions.”
Coco Chanel (1883–1971) first seen 1971 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in Coco Chanel : Her Life, Her Secrets (1971) by Marcel Haedrich
“Nothing is ugly as long as it is alive.”
Coco Chanel (1883–1971) first seen 1971 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in Coco Chanel : Her Life, Her Secrets (1971) by Marcel Haedrich
“In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different.”
Coco Chanel (1883–1971) first seen 1971 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in Coco Chanel : Her Life, Her Secrets (1971) by Marcel Haedrich
“As long as you know that most men are like children, you know everything.”
Coco Chanel (1883–1971) said by 1971 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in Thinking Through the Essay (1986) by Judith Barker-Sandbrook and Neil Graham, p. 158
“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.”
Coco Chanel (1883–1971) said by 1971 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in Chanel (1987) by Jean Leymarie
“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.”
Coco Chanel (1883–1971) said by 1971 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in Chanel : A Woman of Her Own (1991) by Axel Madsen, p. 124
“Success is often achieved by those who don't know that failure is inevitable.”
Coco Chanel (1883–1971) said by 1971 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in Believing in Ourselves (1992) by Armand Eisen, p. 15
“The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.”
Coco Chanel (1883–1971) said by 1971 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in Believing in Ourselves (1992) by Armand Eisen, p. 39
“Fashion fades, only style remains the same.”
Coco Chanel (1883–1971) said by 1971 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in Architectural Digest (September 1994), p. 30
“Don't spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door.”
Coco Chanel (1883–1971) said by 1971 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in You've Got Style : Your Personal Guide for Relating to Others‎ (2000) by Robert Rohm , p. 29
“Ask me who I don't dress!”
Coco Chanel (1883–1971) said by 1971 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: When asked who she dressed, as quoted in Paris, Paris : Journey Into the City of Light‎ (2005) by David Downie, p. 93
“I was a rebellious child, a rebellious lover, a rebellious couturière — a real devil.”
Coco Chanel (1883–1971) said by 1971 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in Paris, Paris : Journey Into the City of Light‎ (2005) by David Downie, p. 93
“A girl should be two things: classy and fabulous.”
Coco Chanel (1883–1971) said by 1971 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in The Gospel According to Coco Chanel : Life Lessons from the World's Most Elegant Woman (2009) by Karen Karbo
“The best colour in the whole world is the one that looks good on you.”
Coco Chanel (1883–1971) said by 1971 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in Beauty in Bloom : A Collection of Beautiful Inspirations‎ (2009) by Natalie Bloom, p. 23