Coco Chanel

Fashion designer

Modern influential 82 sayings

Sayings by Coco Chanel

Saint-Laurent has excellent taste. The more he copies me, the better taste he displays.

Unknown — A backhanded compliment revealing her ego and perception of her influence on other designers.
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My friends, there are no friends.

Unknown — A cynical and isolated view on the nature of friendship.
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Passion always goes, and boredom stays.

Unknown — A stark and perhaps melancholic observation on the transience of passion and persistence of boredom.
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There are men for whom complication sums up the very image of love.

Unknown — An insightful but jaded observation on certain men's approach to relationships.
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If I love my profession, it is perhaps because it takes the place of all the talents I lack.

Unknown — An unexpected admission of self-doubt or humility regarding her talents.
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Not all women have the figure of Venus, yet nothing should be hidden.

Unknown — A surprising stance on body image, advocating for acceptance rather than concealment.
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I could still wear the clothes I wore as a young girl. Cut off my head, and I'm thirteen years old.

Unknown, said when she was well past 80 years of age. — A bizarre and vivid self-perception of eternal youth, even at an advanced age.
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It's always better to be slightly underdressed.

Unknown — A counter-intuitive fashion philosophy advocating for subtle understatement.
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All you have to do is subtract.

Unknown — A minimalist approach to style, emphasizing reduction.
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Before you leave the house, look in the mirror and remove one accessory.

Unknown — Specific and almost obsessive advice on achieving minimalist elegance.
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One shouldn't spend all one's time dressing. All one needs are two or three suits, as long as they and everything to go with them are perfect.

Unknown — A pragmatic and somewhat restrictive view on wardrobe, advocating for quality over quantity.
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Work has always been a kind of drug for me.

Unknown — An admission of an addictive relationship with her profession.
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Yes, when someone offers me a flower, I can smell the hands that picked them.

Unknown — An unusual sensory observation, possibly hinting at hyper-awareness or suspicion.
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There is nothing masculine in me.

Unknown — A surprising denial given her reputation for pioneering menswear-inspired fashion.
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For you, sir.

Early 20th century — Her sharp reply to Paul Poiret's question 'Ma'am, who are you going to mourn for?' regarding her lit…
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There is no time for cut-and-dried monotony. There is time for work. And time for love. That leaves no other time.

Unknown — A strict and focused philosophy of life, prioritizing only work and love.
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I am not young but I feel young.

Unknown — A simple but powerful assertion of inner vitality regardless of age.
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In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different.

Unknown — A core philosophy on establishing uniqueness and lasting value.
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Gentleness doesn't get work done unless you happen to be a hen laying eggs.

Unknown — A blunt and dismissive statement about the ineffectiveness of gentleness in the pursuit of goals.
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She deserved it.

Between 1968 and 1969 — Referring to a woman being slapped on the street, during a scandalous TV interview
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