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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.

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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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Within every girl is the possibility of arousing emotion. Without emotion there is no beauty.
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Too much good taste can be very boring. Independent style, on the other hand, can be very inspiring.
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People who eat white bread have no dreams.
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Never worry about the facts. Just project an image to the public.
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The personality is a work of art.
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Money has nothing to do with style at all, but naturally it helps every situation.
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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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Being vulgar is fine, but oh please just don't be boring.
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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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For goodness sakes, beware of curls… It is a great art to do them so that the girls not only look modern - but do not suddenly look very vulgar.
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Balenciaga was incredibleI was madly infatuated with his clothes. His clothes were devastating. One fainted. One simply blew up and died.
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You gotta have style. It helps you get down the stairs. It helps you get up in the morning. It's a way of life. Without it, you're nobody.
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Too much good taste can be boring
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I wasn't a fashion editor. I was the one and only fashion editor.
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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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A funny person is funny only for so long, but a wit can sit down and go on being spellbinding forever. One is not meant to laugh. One stays quiet and marvels. Spontaneously witty talk is without question the most fascinating entertainment there is.
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I adore artifice. I always have.
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There’s only one thing in life, and that’s the continual renewal of inspiration.
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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. … It's there for your pleasure.
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Don't you loathe the word workaholic? It has nothing to do with an important thing, that you and your secretary are at the office until 6:30. But that's life, kiddo. 24-hour work doesn't go on in America. 24-hour work is what Italy and Holland did after the war. The lights never went out!
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