Coco Chanel Quotes
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"Where should I apply Perfume?" a young lady asked. "Where you want to be kissed."
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The age of a woman is not important: you can be wonderful in your 20's, amazing in your 40's and stay fabulous for the rest of your life.
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Youth is something very new: Twenty years ago no one mentioned it.
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My reason for choosing diamonds is that, dense as they are, they represent the greatest worth in the smallest volume.
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Wear perfume wherever you want to be kissed!
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The best accessory for a woman - handsome man!
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Adornment, what a science! Beauty, what a weapon! Modesty, what elegance!
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Modesty is the highest elegance.
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When I find a colour darker than black, I'll wear it. But until then, I'm wearing black!
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Adornment is never anything except a reflection of the heart.
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I trained myself. Long ago, `Boy' [Arthur] Capel introduced me to 'Bludgeon the Poor!' (Assommons les pauvres!) which, rejecting resignation, informed my moral outlook for life.
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Elegance is when the inside is as beautiful as the outside.
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Luxury lies not in the richness of things, but in the absence of vulgarity.
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People laughed at the way I dressed, but that was the secret of my success. I didn't look like anyone.
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A style does not go out of style as long as it adapts itself to its period. When there is an incompatibility between the style and a certain state of mind, it is never the style that triumphs.
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In order to be different one must be irreplaceble.
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Some people think luxury is the opposite of poverty. It is not. It is the opposite of vulgarity.
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My heart has always leaned towards England, and with the close friendship of Winston [Churchill], the hero who brought hope to the world, I could not imagine a happier life for myself.
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Great loves too must be endured.
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Why am I so determined to put the shoulder where it belongs? Women have very round shoulders that push forward slightly; this touches me and I say: 'One must not hide that!' Then someone tells you: 'The shoulder is on the back'. I have never seen women with shoulders on their backs.
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I don't care what you think about me. I don't think about you at all.
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Where should one use perfume?" a young woman asked. "Wherever one wants to be kissed.