QuoteProject
I imposed black; it still going strong today, for black wipes out everything else around
Coco Chanel
ShareWTF𝕏

Interpretation

What this quote means

The color black has a unique ability to overshadow other colors and is timeless in style.

Coco Chanel's quote emphasizes the powerful presence of the color black in fashion and design, suggesting that black not only stands on its own but also has the ability to nullify competing colors. This notion highlights the classic, enduring appeal of black, making it a staple in the fashion world and a representation of elegance and sophistication.

Themes

BlackFashionStyleEleganceDesign

In practice

Example use cases

This quote can be used in a fashion magazine article discussing timeless wardrobe staples.

More from Coco Chanel

Since everything is in our heads, we had better not lose them.
Coco ChanelRead
Hard times arouse an instinctive desire for authenticity.
Coco ChanelRead
Success is often achieved by those who don't know that failure is inevitable.
Coco ChanelRead
You can be gorgeous at thirty, charming at forty, and irresistible for the rest of your life.
Coco ChanelRead
Elegance does not consist in putting on a new dress.
Coco ChanelRead
Look for the woman in the dress. If there is no woman, there is no dress.
Coco ChanelRead

Similar quotes

Fiction writing is a twenty-four-hou r-a-day occupation. You never leave your work behind. It is always with you, and to some extent, you are always thinking about it. You don't take your work home; your work never leaves home. It lives inside you. It resides and grows and comes alive in your mind.
Terry BrooksRead
Rationality is what we do to organize the world, to make it possible to predict. Art is the rehearsal for the inapplicability and failure of that process.
Brian EnoRead
The naming of cats is a difficult matter. It isn't just one of your holiday games. You may think at first I'm mad as a hatter. When I tell you a cat must have three different names.
T. S. EliotRead
Print will never die. There's no substitute for the feel of an actual book. I adore physically turning pages, and being able to underline passages and not worrying about dropping them in the bath or running out of power. I also find print books objects of beauty.
J. K. RowlingRead
Space has a way of looking. It seems like it has a presence of vision. When you come into it, it is there, it’s been waiting for you.
James TurrellRead
Art is what you can get away with.
Andy WarholRead

A little wisdom, now and then

Subscribe for the occasional hand-picked quote. No noise.