Coco Chanel

"Fashion is something that exists in clothing, to make us look beautiful, but style is something else. It is not something applied but something that comes from within you."

"The most elegant thing a woman can wear is confidence."

"A woman is closest to being naked when she is well dressed."

"Fashion is not necessarily something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street, fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, what is happening."

"I am my own muse. I am the subject I know best. The subject I want to know better."

"Life is not a dress rehearsal."

"Success is most often achieved by those who don't know that failure is inevitable."

"The only real elegance is in the mind; if you've got that, the rest really comes from it."

"Don't spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door."

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

"Luxury must be comfortable, otherwise it is not luxury."

"Those who create are rare; most people imitate."

"Perfection is not just about control. It's also about letting go."

"The difference between style and fashion is quality."

"Some people think luxury is the opposite of poverty. It is not. It is the opposite of vulgarity."

"I don't care what you think about me. I don't think about you at all."

"A girl should be two things: classy and fabulous."

"Remove everything that does not contribute to the beauty of the line."

"Simplicity is the keynote of all true elegance."

"The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud."

"Fashion is not something that comes from fashion designers alone. Fashion is in the air, brought by changes that occur in the world."

"I made my mistakes, but I was never afraid to challenge the establishment."

"Elegance is a physical manifestation of inner grace."

"I want to say: live, live, live! Expression, everything that comes to mind."

"Fashion is not something that is confined to the clothes that we wear on our body. Fashion is in the clouds and street style; everywhere and anywhere."

"Work like you don't need the money, love like you've never been hurt, and dance like nobody's watching."

"Coquetry is the art of being beautiful."

"A collection has to be like medicine, it has to know to give what is necessary to women at the moment when they need it."

"Luxury must be comfortable, otherwise it is not luxury."

"Inelegance is an incongruity of the parts to one's whole being."