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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.

Diana Vreeland

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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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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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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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Fashion is part of the daily air and it changes all the time, with all the events. You can even see the approaching of a revolution in clothes. You can see and feel everything in clothes.
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All my life I've pursued the perfect red.
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I think your imagination is your reality
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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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You gotta have style. It helps you get down the stairs. It helps you get up in the morning. It's a way of life. Without it, you're nobody.
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There was a time when it was considered vulgar and unnecessary to pursue money, but today anyone who doesn't believe in money must be out of their minds!
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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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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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Balenciaga did the most delicious evening clothes. Clothes aren't delicious any more.
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I loathe narcissism, but I approve of vanity.
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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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Oh, but I think that thoughtfulness and manners are everything.
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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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I went to work to make money, not because I was bored. It was money that I wanted.
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Money has nothing to do with style at all, but naturally it helps every situation.
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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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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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There's only one very good life and that's the life you know you want and you make it yourself.
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