Quotes by "Coco Chanel"

The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.

A girl should be two things: classy and fabulous.

It’s probably not just by chance that I’m alone. It would be very hard for a man to live with me, unless he’s terribly strong. And if he’s stronger than I, I’m the one who can’t live with him. … I’m neither smart nor stupid, but I don’t think I’m a run-of-the-mill person. I’ve been in business without being a businesswoman, I’ve loved without being a woman made only for love. The two men I’ve loved, I think, will remember me, on earth or in heaven, because men always remember a woman who caused them concern and uneasiness. I’ve done my best, in regard to people and to life, without precepts, but with a taste for justice.

A girl should be two things: who and what she wants.

Don't spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door.

Dress shabbily and they remember the dress; dress impeccably and they remember the woman.

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

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

There is time for work. And time for love. That leaves no other time.

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

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

Since everything is in our heads, we better not lose them.

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

There is a time for work. And a time for love. That leaves no other time.

There is no time for cut-and-dried monotony. There is time for work. And time for love. That leaves no other time.

You live but once; you might as well be amusing.

Simplicity is the keynote of all true elegance.

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

A woman with good shoes i never ugly!

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