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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!

Diana Vreeland

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Diana Vreeland
Age: 83 †
Born: 1906
Born: July 29
Died: 1989
Died: August 2
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Prettiness is not a rent you pay for occupying a space marked 'female'
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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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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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There’s only one thing in life, and that’s the continual renewal of inspiration.
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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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Don't look back. Just go ahead. Give ideas away. Under every idea there's a new idea waiting to be born.
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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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Before even the technique, there is a dream. Chanel had it. The dream is everything.
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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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Fragrances fill the senses with the mysterious.
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People who eat white bread have no dreams.
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You've got to have style, it helps you get out of bed in the morning.
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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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Too much good taste can be very boring. Independent style, on the other hand, can be very inspiring.
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Pleasure is everything.
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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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