Coco Chanel

"It's not tragedy that kills us, it's the mediocrity in life."

"A woman has the age she deserves."

"My life didn't please me, so I created my life."

"One cannot be deeply responsive to the world without being saddened very often."

"I am not telling women to dress like me, to look like me. They must look like themselves."

"Nature gives you the face you have at twenty; it is up to you to merit the face you have at fifty."

"The difference between style and fashion is quality."

"Poverty is no disgrace, but it is damned annoying."

"I am not made to be lost in the crowd. I must stand out."

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

"Chic - it is an attitude. An art. A way of life."

"In order to be irreplaceable, one must always be different."

"I invented my life by taking for granted that everything I did not know could be learned."

"Women must tell themselves: 'I am not trying to imitate him, I am trying to create myself.'"

"Perfection is a road, not a destination; every time we think we have achieved it, we can go further."

"Do you want to know the secret of true happiness? It is to be like a woman who longs for nothing, expects nothing, and is surprised by everything."

"Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months."

"A woman who cuts her hair is about to change her life."

"Simplicity does not mean something inexpensive. It means something pure."

"I would like to be remembered as a woman who had a certain grace."

"Remove everything that does not serve you."

"The past can hurt, but as you run from it, you bury the future."

"A woman is closest to being true when she is alone."

"I like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all still there was a sort of deep joy."

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

"Fashion should be something that liberated you, not trap you."

"Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in."

"Technique is something you can always learn, but if you don't have feeling, you can never fake it."

"The day I realized that perfection wasn't just about control, it was also about letting go."

"Work like you do not need the money."