Life Quotes

The big one. What it means, how to live it, and why it's worth the effort.

22520 quotes

I
"I believe in making films that touch the human heart."
Ismail Merchant
Y
"I would rather die young, than old and bitter."
Yves Saint Laurent
Y
"The thing that matters most in life is the people you love and the work you do."
Yves Saint Laurent
Y
"To live is to create. To create is to live."
Yves Saint Laurent
Y
"I want to create clothes that make people feel alive."
Yves Saint Laurent
G
"Life is what happens while you're busy making other plans."
Giovanni Medici
G
"The measure of life is not its duration but its donation."
Giovanni Medici
C
"The best things in life are eternal: love, beauty, and a well-made jacket."
Coco Chanel
C
"Life isn't something you find. Life is something you create."
Coco Chanel
C
"Legacy is not about what you leave behind. It is about how you made others feel."
Coco Chanel
S
"I have always believed that life is too short for ordinary art."
Sergei Diaghilev
S
"The measure of a life well-lived is not wealth but the beauty created."
Sergei Diaghilev
S
"I believe that life itself is the greatest art form available to us."
Sergei Diaghilev
"Life is a beautiful journey when you dress for it."
Christian Dior
"A life without passion is a life half-lived."
Christian Dior
"To live fully, one must embrace both joy and sorrow."
Christian Dior
Y
"Style is not something that exists in dresses only. Style is in the air, it is the way we carry ourselves."
Yves Saint Laurent
Y
"The most important thing is how you carry yourself."
Yves Saint Laurent
I
"In filmmaking, as in life, the journey is often more valuable than the destination."
Ismail Merchant
S
"The theater teaches us that life itself is a performance, and we must perform it magnificently."
Sergei Diaghilev
G
"In the measure of a man's life, character weighs more than coins."
Giovanni Medici
G
"In the end, we are remembered not for what we acquired, but for what we became."
Giovanni Medici
"Luxury must be comfortable, otherwise it is not luxury."
Christian Dior
"You can wear clothes. But you live in your body."
Christian Dior
"Good taste is the worst vice of all."
Christian Dior
"I designed for a woman who had finally gotten rid of her lover."
Christian Dior
"The dress must follow the body of a woman, not the body follow the dress."
Christian Dior
"Life is a perpetual illusion—to retain one's place in it, one must pay."
Christian Dior
"A woman's wardrobe should be as varied as her moods."
Christian Dior
"Luxury is not something you wear; it is something you are."
Christian Dior