Diana Vreeland Quotes

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The bikini is the most important thing since the atom bomb.

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The only real elegance is in the mind; if you've got that, the rest really comes from it.

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I think part of my success as an editor came from never worrying about a fact, a cause, an atmosphere. It was me—projecting to the public. That was my job. I think I always had a perfectly clear view of what was possible for the public. Give 'em what they never knew they wanted.

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Most people haven't got a point of view; they need to have it given to them––and what's more, they expect it from you.

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[The bikini] revealed everything about a girl except her mother's maiden name.

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Fashion must be the most intoxicating release from the banality of the world.

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I never felt comfortable about my looks until I married Reed Vreeland. I believe in love at first sight because that's what it was. I knew the moment our eyes met that we would marry,

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I have a terrible time remembering exactly when my birthday is. Age is totally boring...

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Truth is a hell of a big point with me. Now I exaggerate—always.

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All my life I've pursued the perfect red. I can never get painters to mix it for me. It's exactly as if I'd said, 'I want rococo with a spot of Gothic in it and a bit of Buddhist temple'—they have no idea what I'm talking about. About the best red is to copy the color of a child's cap in any Renaissance portrait.

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I'm a great believer in vulgarity — if it's got vitality. A little bad taste is like a nice splash of paprika. We all need a splash of bad taste — it's hearty, it's healthy, it's physical. I think we could use more of it. No taste is what I'm against.

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God was fair to the Japanese. He gave them no oil, no diamonds. He gave them style.

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A funny person is funny only for so long, but a wit can sit down and go on being spellbinding forever.

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A lie to get out of something, or take an advantage for oneself, that's one thing; but a lie to make life more interesting—well, that's entirely different.

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Chutney is marvelous. I'm mad about it. To me, it's very imperial.

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I always say I hope to God I die in a town with a good tailor, a good shoemaker, and perhaps someone who's interested in a little quelque chose d'autre.

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Still, my dream in life is to come home and think of absolutely nothing. After all, you can't think all the time.

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If you think all the time every day of your life, you might as well kill yourself today and be happier tomorrow.

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Black is the hardest color in the world to get right-except for gray...

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Money has nothing to do with style at all, but naturally it helps every situation.

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Naturally, I've always been mad about clothes. You don't get born in Paris to forget about clothes for a minute.

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I love London. It is the most swinging city in the world at the moment.

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Power has got to be the most intoxicating thing in the world—and of all forms of power the most intoxicating is fame.

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Oh, but I think that thoughtfulness and manners are everything.

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Don't look left nor right and never compete. Never. Watching the other guy is what kills all forms of energy.

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When I arrived in America, I had these very dark red nails which some people objected to, but then some people object to absolutely everything.

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The West is boring itself to death! And talking itself to death!

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Beauty has nothing to do with possession. If possession and beauty must go together, then we are lost souls. A beautiful flower is not to be possessed, it's there to be beheld. You're not going to take a beautiful painting off the museum wall. It's there for your pleasure.

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My life has been more influenced by books than by any other one thing.

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Vogue always did stand for people's lives. I mean, a new dress doesn't get you anywhere; it's the life you're living in the dress, and the sort of life you had lived before, and what you will do in it later.

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