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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.

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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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The best thing about London is Paris.
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Chutney is marvelous. I'm mad about it. To me, it's very imperial.
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People who eat white bread have no dreams.
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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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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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You've got to have style, it helps you get out of bed in the morning.
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When fashion turns over it brings in little tiny creaks and cracks. This is the fascination and that is where you have to watch every step.
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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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If it isn't a passion, it isn't burning, it isn't on fire, you haven't lived.
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Still, my dream in life is to come home and think of absolutely nothing. After all, you can’t think all the time.
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I'm terrible on facts. But I always have an idea. If you have an idea, you're well ahead
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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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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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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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All my life I've pursued the perfect red.
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Being vulgar is fine, but oh please just don't be boring.
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Where would fashion be without literature?
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It's only intelligent to wish to look after yourself properly.
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I think your imagination is your reality
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