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The best thing about London is Paris.

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Diana Vreeland
Age: 83 †
Born: 1906
Born: July 29
Died: 1989
Died: August 2
Editor
Fashion Editor
Journalist
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Paris
France
D. V. Vreeland
Diana Vreland
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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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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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One thing I hold against Americans is that they have no flair for the rain. They seem unsettled by it it's against them: they take it as an assault, an inconvenience! But rain is so wonderfully cleansing, so refreshing, so calming...
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Oh, but I think that thoughtfulness and manners are everything.
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My life has been more influenced by books than by any other one thing.
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Pink is the navy blue of India.
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The personality is a work of art.
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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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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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I think allure is something around you, like a perfume or like a scent. It's like a memory ... it pervades.
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All my life I've pursued the perfect red.
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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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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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Blue jeans are the most beautiful things since the gondola.
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Style all who have it have have one thing: originality.
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Where would fashion be without literature?
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There’s only one thing in life, and that’s the continual renewal of inspiration.
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I loathe narcissism, but I approve of vanity.
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I like to indulge myself by sitting up late without having to do anything in the morning.
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