"A woman in love is helpless."
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 8 of 12)
235 quotes — follow a thought to its full quote page.
"An interior is the natural projection of the soul."
"Fashion has two purposes: comfort and love. Beauty comes when fashion succeeds."
"God knows I wanted love... but the moment I had to choose between the man I loved and my dresses... I chose the dresses"
"Jump out the window if you are the object of passion. Flee it if you feel it. Passion goes, boredom remains."
"It is always better to be slightly underdressed."
"There goes a woman who knows all the things that can be taught and none of the things that cannot be taught."
"Good manners on a man are like wearing an exquisite suit. They never go out of style"
"I like fashion to go down to the street, but I can't accept that it should originate there."
"Capel said, "Remember that you're a woman." All too often I forgot that."
"Early happiness handicaps people. I do not regret having been profoundly unhappy."
"There is nothing worse than solitude. Solitude can help a man realize himself; but it destroys a woman"
"There is no fashion for the old."
"Beware originality. In women fashion originality can lead to carnival."
"In truth, women are the strong ones."
"Nothing goes out of fashion sooner than a long dress with a very low neck."
"Women need to be beautiful to be loved by men, and stupid enough to love them."
"It's not the rooms, it's the life you live in them"
"I imposed black; it still going strong today, for black wipes out everything else around"
"The right ingredients can create a legend."