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> [If you're going to do a memoir, then it's sort of at this age - in your late sixties or seventies - that you do it. I don't understand people who do memoirs when they're 20. I think most people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grace-coddington/if-you-re-going-to-do-a-memoir-then-it-s-sort-of-at-this-age-in-your/)

[Grace Coddington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grace-coddington/)

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## More by Grace Coddington

> [“I can, too, be a bitch sometimes”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grace-coddington/i-can-too-be-a-bitch-sometimes/)

[Grace Coddington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grace-coddington/)

> [I don't mind to look older. I don't have this urge that so many people have that they've always got to look young all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grace-coddington/i-don-t-mind-to-look-older-i-don-t-have-this-urge-that-so-many-people/)

[Grace Coddington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grace-coddington/)

> [If you're going to do a memoir, then it's sort of at this age - in your late sixties or seventies - that you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grace-coddington/if-you-re-going-to-do-a-memoir-then-it-s-sort-of-at-this-age-in-your/)

[Grace Coddington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grace-coddington/)

> [You have to have something to put your work in otherwise it's not valid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grace-coddington/you-have-to-have-something-to-put-your-work-in-otherwise-it-s-not/)

[Grace Coddington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grace-coddington/)

> [For me, one of the most important aspects of my work is to give people something to dream about, just as I used to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grace-coddington/for-me-one-of-the-most-important-aspects-of-my-work-is-to-give-people/)

[Grace Coddington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grace-coddington/)

> [People stopping you in the street, though, is very different from being hounded by the press, which is the kind of attention that celebrities…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grace-coddington/people-stopping-you-in-the-street-though-is-very-different-from-being/)

[Grace Coddington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grace-coddington/)

> [Three rules of success in fashion: perseverance, dream a bit and be passionate about it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grace-coddington/three-rules-of-success-in-fashion-perseverance-dream-a-bit-and-be/)

[Grace Coddington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grace-coddington/)

> [Do I dream very much? Do I dream predominantly about fashion? No. I dream much more about cats.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grace-coddington/do-i-dream-very-much-do-i-dream-predominantly-about-fashion-no-i/)

[Grace Coddington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grace-coddington/)

> [Always keep your eyes open. Keep watching. Because whatever you can see can inspire you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grace-coddington/always-keep-your-eyes-open-keep-watching-because-whatever-you-can-see/)

[Grace Coddington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grace-coddington/)

> [You have to be tougher. You have to learn the way to beat your path through, to make yourself felt, and make yourself necessary.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grace-coddington/you-have-to-be-tougher-you-have-to-learn-the-way-to-beat-your-path/)

[Grace Coddington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grace-coddington/)

> [I think I got left behind somewhere, because, you know, I'm still a romantic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grace-coddington/i-think-i-got-left-behind-somewhere-because-you-know-i-m-still-a/)

[Grace Coddington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grace-coddington/)

> [You have to go charging ahead, you can't stay behind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grace-coddington/you-have-to-go-charging-ahead-you-can-t-stay-behind/)

[Grace Coddington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grace-coddington/)

> [I still weave dreams, finding inspiration wherever I can and looking for romance in the real, not the digital, world](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grace-coddington/i-still-weave-dreams-finding-inspiration-wherever-i-can-and-looking/)

[Grace Coddington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grace-coddington/)

> [“I loved all the boys with soft sad eyes, and lost souls.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grace-coddington/i-loved-all-the-boys-with-soft-sad-eyes-and-lost-souls/)

[Grace Coddington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grace-coddington/)

> [Sometimes I think I’m the last remaining person who goes to the shows for the pleasure of seeing the clothes, rather than desperately wanting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grace-coddington/sometimes-i-think-i-m-the-last-remaining-person-who-goes-to-the-shows/)

[Grace Coddington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grace-coddington/)

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