Quote

You come to Paris, you get true originality, and it's wonderful.

Andre Leon Talley

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Andre Leon Talley
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: October 16
Autobiographer
Editor
Journalist
Washington
District of Columbia
Andre Leon Talley
Wonderful
True
Come
Originality
Paris

More quotes by Andre Leon Talley

Image
At an early age I discovered the beauty in pictures in 'Vogue' magazine and Ebony magazine, and I would read 'The New York Times.' I had to make my own world within my world because I was an only child.
Andre Leon Talley
Image
The happiest moments of my childhood were spent on my grandmother's front porch in Durham, N.C., or at her sister's farmhouse in Orange County, where chickens paraded outside the kitchen's screen door and hams were cured in the smokehouse.
Andre Leon Talley
Image
I only watch MSNBC for the news.
Andre Leon Talley
Image
The zenith of elegance in any woman's wardrobe is the little black dress, the power of which suggests dash and refinement.
Andre Leon Talley
Image
The most luxurious item is a beautiful bed and beautiful, simple sheets.
Andre Leon Talley
Image
I know what it is like to be brought up with unconditional love. In my life that came from my grandmother.
Andre Leon Talley
Image
There is room in today's world for men to wear dresses.
Andre Leon Talley
Image
Fashion illustrator Antonio Lopez was a major part of my early career.
Andre Leon Talley
Image
I don't tear down. I prefer to build up.
Andre Leon Talley
Image
The late Estee Lauder says you can never wear white shoes after Labor Day. But of course, in today's world, that does not exist.
Andre Leon Talley
Image
Beauty is health. Health is beauty.
Andre Leon Talley
Image
On 9/11, that morning, I was in a Christian Dior Couture appointment at the Hotel Pierre.
Andre Leon Talley
Image
Mrs. Obama has a hug - a sincere and friendly embrace - that has become familiar to countless supporters from coast to coast. And when she talks to you, she focuses all her calm attention on your face.
Andre Leon Talley
Image
People have always been fascinated by people in the public eye and what they wear, what they are doing, but not in a tabloid way. Tabloid celebrities are a turnoff. A lot of celebrities...you wonder why they are celebrities.
Andre Leon Talley
Image
Waiting in line for something mundane is very boring. Waiting for my doctor to see me and waiting for my dentist to see me, yes, that is boring.
Andre Leon Talley
Image
Some days are good some days are not so good. Some days are really exciting. Some days are just tedious. You just have to get up out of bed.
Andre Leon Talley
Image
Snooki and Honey Boo Boo. These are big celebrities in the U.S. You want to throw up.
Andre Leon Talley
Image
I do believe there's a heaven. I do believe that God has given me the resilience and the survival skills to withstand the chiffon trenches.
Andre Leon Talley
Image
In my day you didn't speak until spoken to.
Andre Leon Talley
Image
It's always great to have things from France at a wedding. It's symbolic of style, of culture, of taste.
Andre Leon Talley