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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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Diana Vreeland
Age: 83 †
Born: 1906
Born: July 29
Died: 1989
Died: August 2
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D. V. Vreeland
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I loathe narcissism, but I approve of vanity.
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I certainly didn't learn anything in school. My education was the world.
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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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Fashion must be the most intoxicating release from the banality of the world.
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When I discovered dancing, I learned to dream.
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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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Prettiness is not a rent you pay for occupying a space marked 'female'
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Money has nothing to do with style at all, but naturally it helps every situation.
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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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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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This is a weakness of the world. Someone thinks they've discovered something for the first time. They want to be authoritative about it.
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Before even the technique, there is a dream. Chanel had it. The dream is everything.
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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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I've always had such wonderful opportunities, but I never made the effort, haven't put on the pressure. But I never took them.
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