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I was all about my thoughts, my work, my inspiration. I was always in hair.

Vidal Sassoon

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Vidal Sassoon
Age: 84 †
Born: 1928
Born: January 17
Died: 2012
Died: May 9
Autobiographer
Businessperson
Fashion Designer
Hairdresser
London
England
Hair
Inspiration
Work
Always
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Like most ghetto kids I knew it was important to be 'somebody' so I became a good soccer player, because excelling at a sport seemed to make you special.
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My idea was to cut shape into the hair, to use it like fabric and take away everything that was superfluous.
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If you look good, we look good.
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Judaism is important to me from a tribal point of view.
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Women were going back to work, they were assuming their own power. They didn't have time to sit under the dryer.
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Hair excited me. As the old ways - backcombing, rollers and rigidity - went out of the window, I started to feel the possibilities in front of my eyes.
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So I was shampooing at 14. But I've always thought that had I the opportunity for an education, I would have been an architect. There's no question about it.
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I was a bit of a rebel.
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To me hair dressing means shape. It's very important that the foundations should be right.
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Hairdressing in general hasn't been given the kudos it deserves. It's not recognised by enough people as a worthy craft.
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You must always do what you feel is right.
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Take good advice, make sure it is good advice, then do it your way.
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I think that as good architecture enhances a city, a good cut enhances the definition and expression of a face.
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Capri on the Amalfi Coast in Italy is my ultimate holiday destination.
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If you get hold of a head of hair on somebody you've never seen before, cut beautiful shapes, cut beautiful architectural angles and she walks out looking so different - I think that's masterful.
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Beauty is.. The passionate and positive expression of the complete self.
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My mother had a premonition and she felt that hairdressing would be very very good for me.
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Most people have excellent necks. Now they cover them with curtains, which is kind of ridiculous. But there are some beautiful necklines that you can cut into and create wonderful backs, as well as bone structure for the face.
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You never argued with my mother. You couldn't win.
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I was born in 1928 and by 1931 the Depression was beginning to mount.
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