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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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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
Bored
Went
Money
Wanted
Work
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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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It’s not about the dress you wear, but it’s about the life you lead in the dress.
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Unshined shoes are the end of civilization.
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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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The personality is a work of art.
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Never fear being vulgar, just boring, middle class or dull.
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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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I'm terrible on facts. But I always have an idea. If you have an idea, you're well ahead
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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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Peanut butter is the greatest invention since Christianity.
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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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Without emotion there is no beauty
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You know the greatest thing is passion, without it what have you got? I mean if you love someone you can love them as much as you can love them but if it isn’t a passion, it isn’t burning, it isn’t on fire, you haven’t lived.
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Of course I was always mad about the ballet russe, mad about it!
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Too much good taste can be boring
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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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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 certainly didn't learn anything in school. My education was the world.
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