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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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Fashion Editor
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D. V. Vreeland
Diana Vreland
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To be contented—that’s for the cows.
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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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People who eat white bread have no dreams.
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I wasn't a fashion editor. I was the one and only fashion editor.
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Chutney is marvelous. I'm mad about it. To me, it's very imperial.
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Oh, but I think that thoughtfulness and manners are everything.
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I think your imagination is your reality
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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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I've always remained totally myself, which is to say, without an idea... of what to do.
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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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I certainly didn't learn anything in school. My education was the world.
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A lie to get out of something, or take an advantage for oneself, that’s one thing but a lie to make life more interesting—well, that’s entirely different.
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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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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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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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Fragrances fill the senses with the mysterious.
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The best thing about London is Paris.
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A good photograph was never what I was looking for. I like to have a point. I had to have a point or I didn't have a picture. This is what I've always found so fascinating about paparazzi pictures. They catch something unintended, on the wing... they get that thing. It's the revelation of personality.
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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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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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