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For me the working of hair is architecture with a human element.

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
Architecture
Elements
Hair
Working
Human
Humans
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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 kept thinking I would be spending my life up to my elbows in shampoo.
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There were so many pretty girls coming into the salon as clients, and others working in the salon. And I thought, 'Hmm. This is rather nice.'
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Realizing our society as it is, without theology dogmatically telling us how we should react to it, and being humane toward that society, that is all that we're sure of.
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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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You never argued with my mother. You couldn't win.
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'The Pianist' is a movie I could watch over and over again.
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You either create something and you keep it a secret and you die with it, or you can benefit the craft.
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Capri on the Amalfi Coast in Italy is my ultimate holiday destination.
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When the doubters tell you it can't be done and all kind of tragedies will come your way, I say nonsense. If you can get to the very root of who you are and make something happen from it, my sense tells me you are going to surprise yourself.
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It's not recognized by enough people as a worthy craft.
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My mother left me for seven years in an orphanage.
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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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Mary Quant is my favourite fashion designer.
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I don't sort of sit in a chair and pompously feel proud of myself about all the things we might have accomplished.
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During the late '20s my father left us. My mother was in a complete hole with no money, and we were evicted.
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To me hair dressing means shape. It's very important that the foundations should be right.
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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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We learned to put discipline in the haircuts by using actual geometry, actual architectural shapes and bone structure. The cut had to be perfect and layered beautifully, so that when a woman shook it, it just fell back in.
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