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You're not supposed to give people what they want, you're supposed to give them what they don't know that they want yet.
Diana Vreeland
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Diana Vreeland
Age: 83 †
Born: 1906
Born: July 29
Died: 1989
Died: August 2
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The personality is a work of art.
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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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Within every girl is the possibility of arousing emotion. Without emotion there is no beauty.
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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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Balenciaga did the most delicious evening clothes. Clothes aren't delicious any more.
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Pink is the navy blue of India.
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Pleasure is everything.
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All people are meant to be creative in a certain way. What way? Perhaps I was cut out to be a wonderful housewife, with a marvelous sense of cooking, being with my friends, running a perfect house. But I am not ambitious towards anything.
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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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It’s not about the dress you wear, but it’s about the life you lead in the dress.
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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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I'm for everybody. There are no set rules. But if one's not a joiner. To hell with all of them!
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Oh, but I think that thoughtfulness and manners are everything.
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Why don't you have a room done up in every color green? This will take months, years, to collect, but it will be delightful-a melange of plants, green glass, green porcelains, and furniture covered in sad greens, gay greens, clear, faded, and poison greens?
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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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Before even the technique, there is a dream. Chanel had it. The dream is everything.
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