Nature gives you the face you have at twenty it is up to you to merit the face you have at fifty. – Coco Chanel
Why am I so determined to put the shoulder where it belongs? Women have very round shoulders that push forward slightly; this touches me and I say: One must not hide that! Then someone tells you: The shoulder is on the back. Ive never seen women with shoulders on their backs. – Coco Chanel
Innovation! One cannot be forever innovating. I want to create classics. – Coco Chanel
Success is often achieved by those who dont know that failure is inevitable. – Coco Chanel
The Germans are the most philosophic people in the world, and the greatest smokers: now I trace their philosophy to their smoking. Smoking has a sedative effect upon the nerves, and enables a man to bear the sorrows of this life (of which every one has his share) not only decently, but dignifiedly. – George Borrow