Coco Chanel

born Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel, * 18. August 1883 – † 31. January 1971, French fashion designer and a business woman.

Quotes and aphorisms of Coco Chanel:

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

“If you were born without wings, do nothing to prevent them from growing.”

“Success is often achieved by those who don’t know that failure is inevitable.”

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

“A woman who doesn’t wear perfume has no future.”

“The best things in life are free. The second best are very expensive.”

“How many cares one loses when one decides not to be something but to be someone.”

“In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different.”

“Simplicity is the keynote of all true elegance.”

“There are people who have money and people who are rich.”