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

Coco Chanel

Guilt is perhaps the most painful companion of death.

Coco Chanel

Hard times arouse an instinctive desire for authenticity.

Coco Chanel

It is always better to be slightly underdressed.

Coco Chanel

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

Coco Chanel

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

Coco Chanel

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

Coco Chanel

My friends, there are no friends.

Coco Chanel

A girl should be two things: classy and fabulous.

Coco Chanel

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

Coco Chanel

Fashion changes, but style endures.

Coco Chanel

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

Coco Chanel

Women think of all colors except the absence of color. I have said that black has it all. White too. Their beauty is absolute. It is the perfect harmony.

Coco Chanel

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.

Coco Chanel

In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different.

Coco Chanel