I don’t understand how a woman can leave the house without fixing herself up a little – if only out of politeness. And then, you never know, maybe that’s the day she has a date with destiny. And it’s best to be as pretty as possible for destiny.
Perfume heralds a woman’s arrival and prolongs her departure.
Jump out the window if you are the object of passion. Flee it if you feel it. Passion goes, boredom remains.
We are born with only one face, but laughing or crying, wisely or unwisely, eventually we form our own.
People laughed at the way I dressed, but that was the secret of my success. I didn’t look like anyone.
J’aime la vie! I feel that to live is a wonderful thing.
Women have always been the strong ones of the world.
Nothings makes a woman look older that a rich costume.
If you are sad, If you are heartbroken, make yourself up, dress up, add more lipstick and attack. Men hate women who weep.
When I find a colour darker than black, I’ll wear it. But until then, I’m wearing black!
Modesty is the highest elegance.
Nothing is more beautiful than freedom of the body.
Women must tell men always that they are the strong ones. They are the big, the strong, the wonderful. In truth, women are the strong ones. It is just my opinion, I am not a professor.
Since everything is in our heads, we had better not lose them.
Everyone marries the Duke of Westminster. There are a lot of duchesses, but only one Coco Chanel.
I am no longer what I was. I will remain what I have become.
Gentleness doesn’t get work done unless you happen to be a hen laying eggs.
Some people think luxury is the opposite of poverty. It is not. It is the opposite of vulgarity.
Money for me has only one sound: liberty.
Nothing makes a woman look so old as desperately trying to look young.