Don't spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door. -- Coco Chanel

From Wikipedia: Gabrielle Bonheur "Coco" Chanel (19 August 1883 – 10 January 1971) was a pioneering French fashion designer whose modernist philosophy, menswear-inspired fashions, and pursuit of expensive simplicity made her an important figure in 20th-century fashion. She was the founder of one of the most famous fashion brands, Chanel. Her extraordinary influence on fashion was such that she was the only person in the couturier field to be named on Time 100: The Most Important People of the Century.

Here are more awesome quotes from 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


The best color in the whole world, is the one that looks good, on you!
-- Coco Chanel


Luxury must be comfortable, otherwise it is not luxury.
-- Coco Chanel


In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different.
-- Coco Chanel


Dress shabbily and they remember the dress; dress impeccably and they remember the woman.
-- Coco Chanel


Fashion fades, only style remains the same.
-- Coco Chanel