Portrait of Coco Chanel

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.
Wisdom Unverifiable

My friends, there are no friends.

Unknown — A cynical and isolated view on the nature of friendship.
Wisdom Unverifiable

Passion always goes, and boredom stays.

Unknown — A stark and perhaps melancholic observation on the transience of passion and persistence of boredom.
Inspirational Unverifiable

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.
Love & Relationships Unverifiable

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.
Love & Relationships Unverifiable

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.
Wisdom Unverifiable

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.
Wisdom Unverifiable

It's always better to be slightly underdressed.

Unknown — A counter-intuitive fashion philosophy advocating for subtle understatement.
Wisdom Unverifiable

All you have to do is subtract.

Unknown — A minimalist approach to style, emphasizing reduction.
Wisdom Unverifiable

Before you leave the house, look in the mirror and remove one accessory.

Unknown — Specific and almost obsessive advice on achieving minimalist elegance.
Wisdom Unverifiable

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.
Wisdom Unverifiable

Work has always been a kind of drug for me.

Unknown — An admission of an addictive relationship with her profession.
Wisdom Unverifiable

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.
Nature & World Unverifiable

There is nothing masculine in me.

Unknown — A surprising denial given her reputation for pioneering menswear-inspired fashion.
Wisdom Unverifiable

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…
Wisdom Unverifiable

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.
Wisdom Confirmed

I am not young but I feel young.

Unknown — A simple but powerful assertion of inner vitality regardless of age.
Wisdom Unverifiable

In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different.

Unknown — A core philosophy on establishing uniqueness and lasting value.
Wisdom Confirmed

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.
Wisdom Unverifiable

She deserved it.

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