“It’s probably not just by chance that I’m alone. It would be very hard for a man to live with me, unless he’s terribly strong. And if he’s stronger than I, I’m the one who can’t live with him. … I’m neither smart nor stupid, but I don’t think I’m a run-of-the-mill person. I’ve been in business without being a businesswoman, I’ve loved without being a woman made only for love. The two men I’ve loved, I think, will remember me, on earth or in heaven, because men always remember a woman who caused them concern and uneasiness. I’ve done my best, in regard to people and to life, without precepts, but with a taste for justice.”

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

“Everyone marries the Duke of Westminster. There are a lot of duchesses, but only one Coco Chanel.”

“I don't do fashion, i am fashion”

“A double bed can seem awfully small if your'e sharing it with someone you don't love." -Misia ― Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky”

“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 used to talk about wearing more than one string of pearls. Why wear one if you can wear two, or something to that effect. I think that one string of pearls is just fine. But that's because my pearls are black, hers were white.”

“Costume jewelry is not made to give women an aura of wealth,but to make them beautifu”

“A fashion that does not reach the streets is not a fashion”

“Elegance comes from being as beautiful inside as outside.”

“Innovation! One cannot be forever innovating. I want to create classics”