COCO CHANEL

"No matter the age, a woman who is unloved is lost - unloved she might as well die."

"Elegance is not the prerogative of those who have just escaped from adolescence, but of those who have already taken possession of their future."

"Fashion is made to become unfashionable."

"A woman's education consists of two lessons: never leave the house without stocking, never go out without a hat."

"I don't do fashion, I am fashion."

"I don’t know why women want any of the things men have when one of the things that women have is men."

"Fashion changes, but style endures."

"If you're sad, add more lipstick and attack. Men hate women who weep."

"In order to be irreplaceacle, one must always be different."

"I wanted to give a woman comfortable clothes that would flow with her body. A woman is closest to being naked when she is well-dressed."

"He will soon be claiming that the Resistance has liberated the world."

"How many cares one loses when one decides not to be something but to be someone."

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

"If you were born without wings, do nothing to prevent them from growing."

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

"I only drink Champagne on two occasions, when I am in love and when I am not."

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

"Elegance does not consist in putting on a new dress."

"Costume jewelry is not made to give women an aura of wealth, but to make them beautiful."

"The more stupid and unlucky man is, the more claims he makes to the woman."

"If a man talks bad about all women, it usually means he was burned by one woman."

"Women have always been the strong ones of the world."

"Look for the woman in the dress. If there is no woman, there is no dress."

"Women hide their imperfections instead of accepting them as an added charm."

"I imposed black; it still going strong today, for black wipes out everything else around"

"Nature gives you the face you have at twenty; it is up to you to merit the face you have at fifty."

"As long as you know men are like children, you know everything!"

"Be classy. Anything but trashy."

"Never a button without a buttonhole."

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

"For a woman betrayal has no sense - one cannot betray one's passions."

"A woman with good shoes is never ugly!"

"To achieve great things, we must first dream"

"Those who create are rare; those who cannot are numerous. Therefore, the latter are stronger."

"A woman who cuts her hair is about to change her life."

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

"There is nothing worse than solitude. Solitude can help a man realize himself; but it destroys a woman"

"Beauty begins the moment you decide to be yourself."

"Before you leave the house, look in the mirror and take one thing off."

"Don't be like the rest of them, darling."

"A fashion that does not reach the streets is not a fashion."

"Hard times arouse an instinctive desire for authenticity."

"A woman has the age she deserves."

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

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

"Simplicity is the keynote of all true elegance."