Elegance does not consist in putting on a new dress.
COCO CHANEL Look for the woman in the dress. If there is no woman, there is no dress.
COCO CHANEL In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different.
COCO CHANEL Elegance is refusal.
COCO CHANEL I don't do fashion, I AM fashion.
COCO CHANEL Where should one use perfume?" a young woman asked. "Wherever one wants to be kissed.
COCO CHANEL Fashion changes, but style endures.
COCO CHANEL Great loves too must be endured.
COCO CHANEL Fashion is always of the time in which you live. It is not something standing alone. But the grand p...
COCO CHANEL As long as you know men are like children, you know everything!
COCO CHANEL It is always better to be slightly underdressed.
COCO CHANEL There is no time for cut-and-dried monotony. There is time for work. And time for love. That leaves ...
COCO CHANEL If you were born without wings, do nothing to prevent them from growing.
COCO CHANEL A girl should be two things: who and what she wants.
COCO CHANEL You live but once; you might as well be amusing.
COCO CHANEL In order to be irreplaceacle, one must always be different.
COCO CHANEL It’s probably not just by chance that I’m alone. It would be very hard for a man to live with me...
COCO CHANEL Success is most often achieved by those who don't know that failure is inevitable.
COCO CHANEL Don't spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door.
COCO CHANEL There is no time for cut-and-dried monotony. There is time for work. And time for love. That leaves ...
COCO CHANEL I don't care what you think about me. I don't think about you at all.
COCO CHANEL My life didn't please me, so I created my life.
COCO CHANEL I don't know why women want any of the things men have when one the things that women have is men.
COCO CHANEL How many cares one loses when one decides not to be something but to be someone.
COCO CHANEL My friends, there are no friends.
COCO CHANEL Nature gives you the face you have at twenty. Life shapes the face you have at thirty. But at fifty ...
COCO CHANEL Nothing goes out of fashion sooner than a long dress with a very low neck.
COCO CHANEL Dress shabbily, they notice the dress. Dress impeccably, they notice the woman.
COCO CHANEL Fashion is made to become unfashionable.
COCO CHANEL A style does not go out of style as long as it adapts itself to its period. When there is an incompa...
COCO CHANEL Why am I so determined to put the shoulder where it belongs? Women have very round shoulders that pu...
COCO CHANEL Innovation! One cannot be forever innovating. I want to create classics.
COCO CHANEL Those who create are rare; those who cannot are numerous. Therefore, the latter are stronger.
COCO CHANEL How many cares one loses when one decides not to be something but to be someone. -Coco Chanel.
COCO CHANEL There is time for work. And time for love. That leaves no other time.
COCO CHANEL There are people who have money and people who are rich.
COCO CHANEL In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different.
COCO CHANEL Simplicity is the keynote of all true elegance.
COCO CHANEL Success is often achieved by those who don't know that failure is inevitable.
COCO CHANEL Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street, fashion ...
COCO CHANEL Elegance is not the prerogative of those who have just escaped from adolescence, but of those who ha...
COCO CHANEL A women who doesn't wear perfume has no future.
COCO CHANEL A girl should be two things: classy and fabulous.
COCO CHANEL The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.
COCO CHANEL There are people who have money and people who are rich.
COCO CHANEL Fashion is architecture: it is a matter of proportions.
COCO CHANEL Fashion fades, only style remains the same.
COCO CHANEL Luxury must be comfortable, otherwise it is not luxury.
COCO CHANEL Some people think luxury is the opposite of poverty. It is not. It is the opposite of vulgarity.
COCO CHANEL As soon as you set foot on a yacht you belong to some man, not to yourself, and you die of boredom.
COCO CHANEL Jump out the window if you are the object of passion. Flee it if you feel it. Passion goes, boredom ...
COCO CHANEL I am not young but I feel young. The day I feel old, I will go to bed and stay there. J'aime la ...
COCO CHANEL Guilt is perhaps the most painful companion of death.
COCO CHANEL A woman who doesn't wear perfume has no future.
COCO CHANEL Dress shabbily and they remember the dress; dress impeccably and they remember the woman.
COCO CHANEL If you're sad, add more lipstick and attack!
COCO CHANEL There have been several Duchesses of Westminster but there is only one Chanel!
COCO CHANEL Women think of all colors except the absence of color. I have said that black has it all. White too....
COCO CHANEL Hard times arouse an instinctive desire for authenticity.
COCO CHANEL Don't spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door.
COCO CHANEL Youth is something very new: twenty years ago no one mentioned it.
COCO CHANEL I love luxury. And luxury lies not in richness and ornateness but in the absence of vulgarity. Vulga...
COCO CHANEL Material things aside, we need no advice but approval.
COCO CHANEL A woman has the age she deserves.
COCO CHANEL It is the unseen, unforgettable, ultimate accessory of fashion that heralds your arrival and prolong...
COCO CHANEL How many cares one loses when one decides not to be something, but has to be someone
COCO CHANEL As long as you know men are like children, you know everything!"
COCO CHANEL I don't understand how a woman can leave the house without fixing herself up a little - if only out ...
COCO CHANEL A beautiful dress may look beautiful on a hanger, but that means nothing. It must be seen on the sho...
COCO CHANEL There is no fashion for the old.
COCO CHANEL Scheherezade is easy; a little black dress is difficult.
COCO CHANEL Great loves too must be endured
COCO CHANEL Why am I so determined to put the shoulder where it belongs? Women have very round shoulders that pu...
COCO CHANEL There is time for work, and time for love. That leaves no other time
COCO CHANEL "The best color in the whole world, is the one that looks good, on you!
COCO CHANEL A woman is closest to being naked when she is well dressed
COCO CHANEL Since everything is in our heads, we had better not lose them.
COCO CHANEL Success is often achieved by those who don't know that failure is inevitable.
COCO CHANEL A women who doesn't wear perfume has no future.
COCO CHANEL Nature gives you the face you have at twenty; it is up to you to merit the face you have at fifty.
COCO CHANEL Gentleness doesn't get work done unless you happen to be a hen laying eggs.
COCO CHANEL When I can no longer create anything, I'll be done for.
COCO CHANEL You can be gorgeous at thirty, charmimg at forty, and irresistible for the rest of your life.
COCO CHANEL Women have always been the strong ones of the world. The men are always seeking from women a little ...
COCO CHANEL Nature gives you the face you have at twenty; it is up to you to merit the face you have at fifty
COCO CHANEL If a man talks bad about all women, it usually means he was burned by one woman
COCO CHANEL I never wanted to weigh more heavily on a man than a bird.
COCO CHANEL a girl should be two things:: classy & fabulous
COCO CHANEL Arrogance is in everything I do. It is in my gestures, the harshness of my voice, in the glow of my ...
COCO CHANEL I only drink Champagne on two occasions, when I am in love and when I am not.
COCO CHANEL I invented my life by taking for granted that everything I did not like would have an opposite, whic...
COCO CHANEL There goes a woman who knows all the things that can be taught and none of the things that cannot be...
COCO CHANEL I was the one who changed, it wasn't fashion. I was the one who was in fashion.
COCO CHANEL Women must tell men always that they are the strong ones. They are the big, the strong, the wonderfu...
COCO CHANEL Only those with no memory insist on their originality.
COCO CHANEL Don't be like the rest of them, darling.
COCO CHANEL Everyone marries the Duke of Westminster. There are a lot of duchesses, but only one Coco Chanel.
COCO CHANEL Men always remember a woman who caused them concern and uneasiness.
COCO CHANEL There are people who have money and people who are rich.
COCO GABRIELLE CHANEL Accept yourself, love yourself.
CHANEL IMAN Don't be afraid to express yourself through fashion!
CHANEL IMAN I don't get facials. The last time I got a facial was when I first started modeling when I was 1...
CHANEL IMAN I want to do television, film, music and designing. I want to do it all!
CHANEL IMAN It takes time to be who you really want to be. It doesn't happen overnight.
CHANEL IMAN Five years from now I see myself still working hard to get where I want to be, because I think big.
CHANEL IMAN We always had 'Vogue' in our house. But, when I was around 12, my Mom finally took me seriou...
CHANEL IMAN I don't like to fly. What's it called when the plane shakes? Turbulence, takeoffs... I grab ...
CHANEL IMAN When I was a little girl, I lived for modeling and fashion - I used to love, love, love modeling.
CHANEL IMAN I drink a lot of protein shakes and do a lot of weight lifting.
CHANEL IMAN At the end of the day, I feel like I have no one to blame but myself if I'm not satisfied with h...
CHANEL IMAN I'm my own person, and I want people to know me for who I am.
CHANEL IMAN A good night's sleep is always the best way to wake up and go to work.
CHANEL IMAN My taste in music originates from my culture and heritage, and from traveling the world and listenin...
CHANEL IMAN Mostly I'm proud to be an African-American woman, but I'm glad I have a universal look as we...
CHANEL IMAN You learn to be comfortable in your own skin, and your body changes throughout life, so you can'...
CHANEL IMAN The first time my friends saw me in a magazine I was so excited.
CHANEL IMAN I'm just really tiny. People hate me, because I just sit. I'm eating, I'm eating, I'...
CHANEL IMAN I'm thinking of slowing down on modeling and branching out to other things. I want to pursue som...
CHANEL IMAN I'm really into natural and organic products.
CHANEL IMAN I don't want to be known as the black model. I want to be recognized as Chanel Iman, a personali...
CHANEL IMAN Music is everything to me. I wake up and go to bed with it. I listen to all genres, depending on my ...
CHANEL IMAN I am comfortable with my body and embrace who I am. I love to work it.
CHANEL IMAN I always take my time when picking out outfits at home, but I will say I can change pretty quick whe...
CHANEL IMAN I did some modeling here and there but nothing really big. There was a time when I simply bummed aro...
COCO MARTIN I got my boobs done because I wanted to even out my lower half, and I thought that would take the fo...
COCO AUSTIN I've always had a booty even when I was a baby, and when I was in high school and was skinny, I ...
COCO AUSTIN I was told I was fat in the modeling world, and a director on a shoot told me I needed to lose weigh...
COCO AUSTIN I'm not a businessperson. I have no sense of money. My mom does everything for me. She makes all...
COCO LEE I was bred and raised in a multi-cultural music background.
COCO LEE My mom was very strict when I was growing up. I could not talk to boys until I was 18. I had to stud...
COCO LEE I wanted to bring the R&B flavor and other Westernized sounds to my music, because that's th...
COCO LEE They really can't imagine what my voice is like. Every time I sing a song, they are very surpris...
COCO LEE People have to respect intellectual property.
COCO LEE I'm sporty, active, bubbly, I like to make people laugh... I'm the jokester. But I'm als...
COCO LEE I love to prove people wrong. They expect I'll sound a certain way when they see me, then they h...
COCO LEE When I work, I work. I don't think about anything else. I just wanna get the work done. And I...
COCO LEE I'm still a, you know, a silly girl... a big kid.
COCO LEE I myself never feel that I'm sexy. If people call me cute, I am happier.
COCO LEE I learned a lot from Direk Brillante Mendoza and Bing Lao.
COCO MARTIN I'm proud of my roots. There are not many Asians in the music industry so it's important for...
COCO LEE I didn't expect people would embrace 'Ang Probinsyano' the way they did during its first...
COCO MARTIN I'm proud of what I did in 'Daybreak.'
COCO MARTIN I handed out flyers in malls, candies in gasoline stations; helped set up tarpaulins in bars. I play...
COCO MARTIN I was first an indie actor, so I also want that more opportunities be given to people in the indies.
COCO MARTIN I want to give back and show my gratitude to the indies. At the same time, cherish the mainstream pr...
COCO MARTIN I want to balance my projects. Ideally, I'd like to do at least one indie film, a mainstream mov...
COCO MARTIN We can scan this card and it will pull up information about you to make it harder to fake or counter...
COCO HANSON When I was working abroad, there was a time when I almost gave up because of my problem with my work...
COCO MARTIN It's a long process transitioning from indie to mainstream, and it's not that easy because i...
COCO MARTIN I worked as a janitor in Canada for nine months. It's during that time when I experienced extrem...
COCO MARTIN It's important that I know what I'm doing before I assume responsibility over something as s...
COCO MARTIN I just couldn't wait for the buzzer to stop.
COCO MILLER It's a lot of leg work. It's very, very difficult. I was with five foster families before the orphan...
COCO JOHNSEN I experienced rejection numerous times.
COCO MARTIN We want to uplift the culture of Filipino - our respect to our elders, how we pray before we eat and...
COCO MARTIN There came a time I gave up when I was overseas. No matter how many times I tried working on my visa...
COCO MARTIN I believe every woman's body is beautiful in its own way. I have never understood that just beca...
COCO AUSTIN We're still trying to teach (the younger players) about the Big 12. We're tired of losing. You can't...
COCO REED Any time you fall behind, it does take a lot of energy to get back into it. We did a good job in the...
COCO MILLER People might not think of them as having all kinds of great players, but they've been together for a...
COCO MILLER We are excited to have FOXCONN join in the revolution. With proven manufacturing and engineering cap...
COCO LEE They thought it was best to keep us together, but it was hard for a family to take three children. K...
COCO JOHNSEN It's difficult to know how many cousins I may have that I've never seen. From their side, I would im...
COCO JOHNSEN It's just one more thing we might have to do to make people more secure. But we would rather be safe...
COCO HANSON I know that by 2008 we will have to start scanning information that people bring in. I have heard th...
COCO HANSON When a man forgets himself, he usually does something everybody else remembers.
JAMES COCO What hurt has been done to you, sweet girl? We shall erase it – it shall be but a memory forgotten...
COCO MINGOLELLI I was never really into partying.
COCO MARTIN Montana is one big playground for scouts. I don't think you'll find a Boy Scout troop with more camp...
JOE COCO We do believe in do a good turn daily.
JOE COCO It's fun whether you're a boy or a man. Some of my fondest memories in Montana are with the Boy Scou...
JOE COCO Our culture has changed dramatically. It gives you a sense of history.
JOE COCO I HOLD

If I could have had
him,
I could have let
him
go.

COCO J. GINGER ...I feel like a traitor, a phony, a fake. But I am a hypocrite with the best intentions, and I need...
COCO J. GINGER Writers do not have the privilege of sleep. There is always a story coming alive in their heads, con...
COCO J. GINGER Bittersweet? No, just bitter, the taste of your tongue.
Words you can’t have back, so they li...
COCO J. GINGER It's a finger snapping kind of day.
COCO J. GINGER When we are in love, we are convinced nobody else will do. But as time goes, others do do, and often...
COCO J. GINGER She had missed him so long now, that the feeling had become a part of her. As each day passed, the m...
COCO J. GINGER ....finally I see that it’s never been me, just a blanket that keeps you warm. Easily tossed along...
COCO J. GINGER He brought out the worst in me, and was the best thing that ever happened to me.
COCO J. GINGER I wore your promise on my finger for one year
I'll wear your name on my heart til I die
Be...
COCO J. GINGER When you miss someone....it’s weird…your body doesn’t function normally..as it should. Because...
COCO J. GINGER Sometimes you want to say, “I love you, but…”
Yet the “but” takes away the ‘I love ...
COCO J. GINGER I’m mistaken….

for thinking you were someone with a heart worth breaking.
COCO J. GINGER Maybe she had it wrong all this time and her empty heart could never be filled by his ingenious brok...
COCO J. GINGER I want your most vital organ. I want it to be mine.
COCO J. GINGER I remember when your name was just another name that rolled without thought off my tongue.

COCO J. GINGER You don’t deserve my image in your head. You don’t deserve my memories in your chest.
COCO J. GINGER A WISH

Sometimes I wish
that he will live
and I will see him.

But m...
COCO J. GINGER WORTHY


If you ever decide to feel— feel this:
I love you. I always have. I a...
COCO J. GINGER 7am

They said that I’d forget you,
and I knew it wasn’t true.
But sometimes...
COCO J. GINGER MY MOON

I'll always wonder what time it is there; if you're dreaming, or awake. My moon i...
COCO J. GINGER A POCKET-SIZED GIRL

He keeps me in his pocket
for a rainy day;
he swears I'm ...
COCO J. GINGER …so many ticks steadily around the clock. My heart beats ferociously, as if to say it will not dig...
COCO J. GINGER I want your hand without the skin. Bone to bone without the molds. Mouth to mouth, without the porn.
COCO J. GINGER I miss your silent stature, your avoided days of disaster, your present state of distress.
I’...
COCO J. GINGER I won’t let you have it. I won’t give you this moment. I won’t let you fill up this valuable o...
COCO J. GINGER Color me....BRILLIANT.
COCO J. GINGER You cannot mistake this
You cannot reinvent this moment
You cannot call this love
It...
COCO J. GINGER