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I think allure is something around you, like a perfume or like a scent. It's like a memory ... it pervades.

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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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A funny person is funny only for so long, but a wit can sit down and go on being spellbinding forever. One is not meant to laugh. One stays quiet and marvels. Spontaneously witty talk is without question the most fascinating entertainment there is.
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I read everything! I would have read the phone book if you put it in front of me. I just read.
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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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Of course I was always mad about the ballet russe, mad about it!
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You don't have to be born beautiful to be wildly attractive.
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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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If you think all the time every day of your life, you might as well kill yourself today and be happier tomorrow.
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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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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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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 loathe narcissism, but I approve of vanity.
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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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My life has been more influenced by books than by any other one thing.
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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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Money has nothing to do with style at all, but naturally it helps every situation.
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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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Fragrances fill the senses with the mysterious.
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To be contented—that’s for the cows.
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Balenciaga often said that women did not have to be perfect or beautiful to wear his clothes. When they wore his clothes, they became beautiful.
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There’s only one thing in life, and that’s the continual renewal of inspiration.
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