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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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Diana Vreeland
Age: 83 †
Born: 1906
Born: July 29
Died: 1989
Died: August 2
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Where would fashion be without literature?
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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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Unshined shoes are the end of civilization.
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There’s only one thing in life, and that’s the continual renewal of inspiration.
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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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Being vulgar is fine, but oh please just don't be boring.
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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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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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Balenciaga was incredibleI was madly infatuated with his clothes. His clothes were devastating. One fainted. One simply blew up and died.
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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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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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Chutney is marvelous. I'm mad about it. To me, it's very imperial.
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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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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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Of course I was always mad about the ballet russe, mad about it!
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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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Fashion must be the most intoxicating release from the banality of the world.
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You don't have to be born beautiful to be wildly attractive.
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