THE MOST COURAGEOUS ACT IS STILL TO THINK FOR YOURSELF. ALOUD’ – 25 COCO CHANEL QUOTES TO LIVE BY

If we’re ever in doubt, we look to the incredible fashion pioneer for some harsh, yet true words of wisdom. Besides being one of the most influential figures in the fashion world, she was also one of the sassiest women in the biz. We’ve pulled together some of Coco Chanel’s sharpest quotes:

1. ‘Some people think luxury is the opposite of poverty. It is not. It is the opposite of vulgarity.’

2. ‘The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.’

3. ‘In order to be irreplaceable, one must always be different.’

4. ‘You live but once; you might as well be amusing.’

5. ‘I don’t do fashion, I am fashion.’

6. ‘Only those with no memory insist on their originality.’

7. ‘Dress shabbily and they remember the dress; dress impeccably and they remember the woman.’

8. ‘My life didn’t please me, so I created my life.’

9. ‘I imposed black; it is still going strong today, for black wipes out everything else around.’

10 ‘As long as you know men are like children, you know everything!’

11. ‘I don’t care what you think about me. I don’t think about you at all.’

12. ‘Fashion changes, but style endures.’

13. ‘There is no time for cut-and-dried monotony. There is time for work. And time for love. That leaves no other time.’

14. ‘A girl should be two things: who and what she wants.’

15. ‘You can be gorgeous at thirty, charming at forty, and irresistible for the rest of your life.’

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