Quotes from Coco Chanel

Guilt is perhaps the most painful companion of death.

Some people think luxury is the opposite of poverty. It is not. It is the opposite of vulgarity.

A well dressed man is a best accessory a woman can have

Yves Saint Laurent is a young man of excellent taste; the more he copies me the more taste he displays.

Disregarding the fact that I am old enough to be [Walter] Schellenberg's mother, I would feel nauseated to be coupled with a man whose ideology has debased our hearts.

It's not the appearance, it's the essence. It's not the money, it's the education. It's not the clothes, it's the class.

Money for me has only one sound: liberty.

I consider lace to be one of the prettiest imitations ever made of the fantasy of nature

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

What every Englishman thinks about patriotism, the last refuge of a scoundrel.

A woman is only as good as the peace and light she radiates.

Hard times arouse an instinctive desire for authenticity.

The poetry of fashion lies in the creation of illusion

Winston [ Churchill] is a dandy and a visionary. Unfortunately, in winning wars, principles are inevitably debased. That's politics.

I am not young but I feel young. The day I feel old, I will go to bed and stay there. J'aime la vie! I feel that to live is a wonderful thing.

Innovation! One cannot be forever innovating. I want to create classics.

To achieve great things, we must first dream.

Early happiness handicaps people. I do not regret having been profoundly unhappy.

Some people pursue unhappiness because happiness is too mild a sensation.

One should refrain from contempt for the baser specimens of humanity, for whom liberation amounts to shaving the heads of women who have slept with Germans.

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

A woman needs independence, not equality. In most cases, equality is a step down.

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

Since everything is in our heads, we had better not lose them.