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My life has been more influenced by books than by any other one thing.

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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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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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Never fear being vulgar, just boring, middle class or dull.
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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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Chutney is marvelous. I'm mad about it. To me, it's very imperial.
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I went to work to make money, not because I was bored. It was money that I wanted.
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Before even the technique, there is a dream. Chanel had it. The dream is everything.
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There’s only one thing in life, and that’s the continual renewal of inspiration.
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When I discovered dancing, I learned to dream.
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Pink is the navy blue of India.
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Where Chanel came from in France is anyone’s guess. She said one thing one day and another thing the next. She was a peasant—and a genius. Peasants and geniuses are the only people who count and she was both.
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I wasn't a fashion editor. I was the one and only fashion editor.
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God was fair to the Japanese. He gave them no oil, no coal, no diamonds, no gold, no natural resources — nothing! Nothing comes from the island that you can sustain a civilization on. What God gave the Japanese was a sense of style—maintained through the centuries through hard work and the disciplines of ambition.
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You've got to have style, it helps you get out of bed in the morning.
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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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Don't look back. Just go ahead. Give ideas away. Under every idea there's a new idea waiting to be born.
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Blue jeans are the most beautiful things since the gondola.
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People who eat white bread have no dreams.
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The only real elegance is in the mind if you've got that, the rest really comes from it.
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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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