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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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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
Effort
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Opportunity
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Never
Pressure
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Before even the technique, there is a dream. Chanel had it. The dream is everything.
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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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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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The only real elegance is in the mind if you've got that, the rest really comes from it.
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Never worry about the facts. Just project an image to the public.
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Without emotion there is no beauty
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Balenciaga did the most delicious evening clothes. Clothes aren't delicious any more.
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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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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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I went to work to make money, not because I was bored. It was money that I wanted.
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I'm for everybody. There are no set rules. But if one's not a joiner. To hell with all of them!
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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 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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