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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.

Diana Vreeland

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Diana Vreeland
Age: 83 †
Born: 1906
Born: July 29
Died: 1989
Died: August 2
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Why don't you have a room done up in every color green? This will take months, years, to collect, but it will be delightful-a melange of plants, green glass, green porcelains, and furniture covered in sad greens, gay greens, clear, faded, and poison greens?
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Balenciaga did the most delicious evening clothes. Clothes aren't delicious any more.
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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 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 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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I certainly didn't learn anything in school. My education was the world.
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For goodness sakes, beware of curls… It is a great art to do them so that the girls not only look modern - but do not suddenly look very vulgar.
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Pink is the navy blue of India.
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The best thing about London is Paris.
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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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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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I adore artifice. I always have.
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I always say I hope to God I die in a town with a good tailor, a good shoemaker, and perhaps someone who's interested in a little quelque chose d'autre.
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Chutney is marvelous. I'm mad about it. To me, it's very imperial.
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All my life I've pursued the perfect red.
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Don't look left nor right and never compete. Never. Watching the other guy is what kills all forms of energy.
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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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To be contented—that’s for the cows.
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Fragrances fill the senses with the mysterious.
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