"You live but once; you might as well be amusing."
Coco Chanel
Fashion Designer
Coco Chanel was a pioneering French fashion designer known for revolutionizing women's fashion with her modernist approach and the iconic Chanel No. 5 perfume.
- Born
- September 19, 1883
- Died
- January 10, 1971
- Quotes
- 235
- Rank
- #288
Quote collection
Coco Chanel quotes (page 7 of 12)
235 quotes — follow a thought to its full quote page.
"Fashion is made to become unfashionable."
"Fashion is not simply a matter of clothes. Fashion is in the air, born upon the wind. One intuits it. It is in the sky and on the road."
"Caring about beauty, it is necessary to start with the heart and soul, otherwise no makeup will not help."
"Since everything is in our heads, we had better not lose them."
"Elegance means being beautiful both on the inside and out."
"Everyone marries the Duke of Westminster. There are a lot of duchesses, but only one Coco Chanel."
"Passion goes, Boredom remains."
"Guilt is perhaps the most painful companion of death."
"A beautiful dress may look beautiful on a hanger, but that means nothing. It must be seen on the shoulders, with the movement of the arms, the legs, and the waist."
"A woman can be over dressed but never over elegant."
"Fashion comes and goes but style lasts forever"
"I am no longer what I was. I will remain what I have become."
"The poetry of fashion lies in the creation of illusion"
"A woman without perfume is a woman without a future."
"There are many more attempts to define happiness than unhappiness. It is because people know all too well what unhappiness is."
"Fashion is in the sky, the streets, fashion has to do with ideas, the way in which we live, the events surrounding us."
"There have been several Duchesses of Westminster but there is only one Chanel!"
"With four pairs of shoes I can travel the world."
"Only those with no memory insist on their originality."