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There's only one very good life and that's the life you know you want and you make it yourself.

Diana Vreeland

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Diana Vreeland
Age: 83 †
Born: 1906
Born: July 29
Died: 1989
Died: August 2
Editor
Fashion Editor
Journalist
Socialite
Paris
France
D. V. Vreeland
Diana Vreland
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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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This is a weakness of the world. Someone thinks they've discovered something for the first time. They want to be authoritative about it.
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Unshined shoes are the end of civilization.
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Pink is the navy blue of India.
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God was fair to the Japanese. He gave them no oil, no coal, no diamonds, no gold, no natural resources — nothing! Nothing comes from the island that you can sustain a civilization on. What God gave the Japanese was a sense of style—maintained through the centuries through hard work and the disciplines of ambition.
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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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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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There was a time when it was considered vulgar and unnecessary to pursue money, but today anyone who doesn't believe in money must be out of their minds!
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Being vulgar is fine, but oh please just don't be boring.
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When I discovered dancing, I learned to dream.
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Where Chanel came from in France is anyone’s guess. She said one thing one day and another thing the next. She was a peasant—and a genius. Peasants and geniuses are the only people who count and she was both.
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What do I think about the way most people dress? Most people are not something one thinks about.
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Never fear being vulgar, just boring, middle class or dull.
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My life has been more influenced by books than by any other one thing.
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No one had a better sense of luxury than Coco Chanel, She really had the spirit of the 20th Century.
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Within every girl is the possibility of arousing emotion. Without emotion there is no beauty.
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Fragrances fill the senses with the mysterious.
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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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Of course I was always mad about the ballet russe, mad about it!
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Chutney is marvelous. I'm mad about it. To me, it's very imperial.
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