"Those who create are rare; those who cannot are numerous. Therefore, the latter are stronger."
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"One should not seek happiness, but rather happy people."
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"I stood up for myself as I always have done. Nobody has ever told Coco Chanel what to think."
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"When putting on accessories, take off the last thing you've put on."
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"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."
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"Beauty comes when fashion succeeds"
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"The problem of aging is the problem of living. There is no simple solution."
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"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."
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"Fashion changes, Style remains"
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"Coquetry, it's a triumph of the spirit over the senses."
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"Some people pursue unhappiness because happiness is too mild a sensation."
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"Arrogance is in everything I do. It is in my gestures, the harshness of my voice, in the glow of my gaze, in my sinewy, tormented face."
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"I've never done anything by halves."
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"I'm for style - fashions change too often."
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"I set the fashion for a quater of a century. Why? Because i knew how to express my own time."
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"Fashion passes, but style remains."
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"I simply value Arthur Capel friendship. And even so, he knows very little about me."
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"In fashion, you know you have succeeded when there is an element of upset."
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"Scheherezade is easy; a little black dress is difficult."
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"Fashion has become a joke. The designers have forgotten that there are women inside the dresses. Most women dress for men and want to be admired. But they must also be able to move, to get into a car without bursting their seams! Clothes must have a natural shape."
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