20 December 2011

Well Said: Coco Chanel




"It is as dreadful to be too rich as to be too tall. In the first instance you don't find happiness and in the second you can't find a bed."

So said couturière Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel (1883-1971), as quoted in The Allure of Chanel by Paul Morand (Pushkin Press, 2008).
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8 comments:

  1. Virginia Country House20 December, 2011 08:19

    Thanks! You and Coco made me laugh!

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  2. The Devoted Classicist20 December, 2011 08:40

    Perhaps Coco was right, but I do not think this comment has made any widespread impact on people's dreams of wealth and height. I wonder what she had to say about mirrors.

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  3. friendandfaux20 December, 2011 20:24

    alas..........am neither rich nor tall.........but still a great quote. Thank you once again for the enjoyment you provide.

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  4. laughingsalmon21 December, 2011 05:32

    I'd give being too rich a go...Just for the challenge...

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  5. Unknown21 December, 2011 10:29

    I agree...rich is good, but too rich.....
    No problem with the height......

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  6. David Sucher21 December, 2011 13:49

    Wasn't she a Nazi? Or at least strong Nazi-symp?

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  7. John Hastings21 December, 2011 19:15

    Coco seems less attractive as the years go by and more information comes out about her anti-semitism,her collaboration with the Nazis (she took a Nazi officer as a lover during the war years) and in the newest publication out this year an accurate account of spying for the Nazis.In any other country she, most likely, would have been executed as a collaborator. A very ugly woman indeed...

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  8. Sammy26 January, 2012 13:32

    Ha ha!!

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