Coco Chanel famously lived her life according to her own rules. Her musings on elegance, love, and life are as timeless as her classic Chanel designs. Take a look at the founder of Chanel's most memorable, inspiring, and outspoken quotes here.
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"Adornment, what a science! Beauty, what a weapon! Modesty, what elegance!"
- Coco Chanel
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"A girl should be two things: classy and fabulous."
- Coco Chanel
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"The best color in the whole world is the one that looks good on you."
- Coco Chanel
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"Fashion changes, but style endures."
- Coco Chanel
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"Don’t spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door."
- Coco Chanel
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"Elegance does not consist in putting on a new dress."
- Coco Chanel
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"A woman who cuts her hair is about to change her life."
- Coco Chanel
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"In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different."
- Coco Chanel
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"My life didn’t please me, so I created my life."
- Coco Chanel
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"As long as you know men are like children, you know everything!"
- Coco Chanel
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"Simplicity is the keynote of all true elegance."
- Coco Chanel
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"A woman can be overdressed but never over elegant."
- Coco Chanel
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"A woman who doesn’t wear perfume has no future."
- Coco Chanel
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"You can be gorgeous at thirty, charming at forty, and irresistible for the rest of your life."
- Coco Chanel
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"I only drink Champagne on two occasions, when I am in love and when I am not."
- Coco Chanel
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"If you’re sad, add more lipstick and attack."
- Coco Chanel
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"I don’t care what you think of me. I don’t think of you at all."
- Coco Chanel
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"I don’t do fashion. I am fashion."
- Coco Chanel
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"Elegance is when the inside is as beautiful as the outside."
- Coco Chanel
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"The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud."