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Coco Chanel Quotes
12 quotes from Coco Chanel — Founder of Chanel and revolutionary fashion designer who liberated women from corsets, popularized the little black dre….
“The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.”
“A girl should be two things: classy and fabulous.”
“It's probably not just by chance that I'm alone. It would be very hard for a man to live with me, unless he's terribly strong. And if he's stronger than I, I'm the one who can't live with him. … I'm neither smart nor stupid, but I don't think I'm a run-of-the-mill person. I've been in business without being a businesswoman, I've loved without being a woman made only for love. The two men I've loved, I think, will remember me, on earth or in heaven, because men always remember a woman who caused them concern and uneasiness. I've done my best, in regard to people and to life, without precepts, but with a taste for justice.”
“A woman is closest to being naked when she is well dressed.”
“Elegance is refusal.”
“In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different.”
“I only drink Champagne on two occasions, when I am in love and when I am not.”
“Fashion changes, but style endures.”
“Fashion has two purposes: comfort and love. Beauty comes when fashion succeeds.”
“Before you leave the house, look in the mirror and take at least one thing off.”
“A woman needs ropes and ropes of pearls.”
“My jewels represent an idea, first and foremost! I wanted to cover women with constellations.”