Coco Chanel

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

"I invented my life by taking for granted that everything I did not have would come to me."

"One should either be a work of art, or wear a work of art."

"It's always better to buy one beautiful thing than five ugly ones."

"I am no bird; and no net enmeshes me; I am a free human being with an independent will."

"The secret of my success is that I bit off more than I could chew and chewed as fast as I could."

"Remove everything that does not speak to your soul."

"Diamonds are a girl's best friend, but pearls are a woman's."

"I love living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all still there is that which I love living."

"All that we have to do, is to send out into the world kind thoughts, passionate dreams, and sincere desires."

"The difference between style and fashion is quality."

"You can be anything you want to be, just turn yourself inside out."

"Wealth is the means, and people are the ends. All our material riches will avail us little if we are surrounded by empty faces and empty hearts."

"I don't understand women who wait for someone else to make them feel alive."

"Success is often the result of taking a misstep in the right direction."

"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken."

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

"I would like to be remembered as someone who used her talents as best she could, and left the world a better place."

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

"I am invariably late for appointments - sometimes as much as two hours. I've tried to change my ways, but the things that make me late are too strong, and too pleasing."

"Life is not a dress rehearsal."

"The only thing that separates us from the animals is our ability to accessorize."

"I made my own success through hard work and determination, not by stepping on anyone."

"Women must tell their daughters and granddaughters that there is no glass ceiling."

"To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people just exist."

"I have always been more interested in the future than in preserving the past."

"Fashion is not necessarily something that comes from fashion designers anymore. Fashion comes from deep within society."

"The most beautiful thing is to see a person smile."

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

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