Coco Chanel (1883–1971) French fashion designer
Statement in the 1920s as quoted in Chanel (1987) by Jean Leymari
“This was your butterfly, you see—
His fine wings made him vain:
The caterpillars crawl, but he
Passed them in rich disdain.—
My pretty boy says, “Let him be
Only a worm again!”
After Wings (1892).
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