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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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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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I certainly didn't learn anything in school. My education was the world.
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It's only intelligent to wish to look after yourself properly.
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When fashion turns over it brings in little tiny creaks and cracks. This is the fascination and that is where you have to watch every step.
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No one had a better sense of luxury than Coco Chanel, She really had the spirit of the 20th Century.
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When I discovered dancing, I learned to dream.
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Where would fashion be without literature?
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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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I like to indulge myself by sitting up late without having to do anything in the morning.
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Blue jeans are the most beautiful things since the gondola.
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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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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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Never fear being vulgar, just boring, middle class or dull.
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Never worry about the facts. Just project an image to the public.
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There’s only one thing in life, and that’s the continual renewal of inspiration.
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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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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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Prettiness is not a rent you pay for occupying a space marked 'female'
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