Diana Vreeland Short Quotes

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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There's only one thing in life, and that's the continual renewal of inspiration.

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

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

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Balenciaga often said that women did not have to be perfect or beautiful to wear his clothes. When they wore his clothes, they became beautiful.

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The first rule that a geisha is taught, at the age of nine, is to be charming to other women...Every girl in the world should have geisha training.

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