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Being vulgar is fine, but oh please just don't be boring.

Diana Vreeland

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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
Boring
Please
Fine
Vulgar

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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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It's only intelligent to wish to look after yourself properly.
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Never fear being vulgar, just boring, middle class or dull.
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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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The first thing to do is to arrange to be born in Paris. After that, everything follows quite naturally.
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To be contented—that’s for the cows.
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What do I think about the way most people dress? Most people are not something one thinks about.
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Within every girl is the possibility of arousing emotion. Without emotion there is no beauty.
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Money has nothing to do with style at all, but naturally it helps every situation.
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I sincerely believe that energy grows from itself and the more energy you expand the more you create within yourself.
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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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Style all who have it have have one thing: originality.
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Of course I was always mad about the ballet russe, mad about it!
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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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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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The personality is a work of art.
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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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For goodness sakes, beware of curls… It is a great art to do them so that the girls not only look modern - but do not suddenly look very vulgar.
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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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