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To sculpt a head of hair with scissors is an art form. It's in pursuit of art.
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
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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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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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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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When I was about 10 I ran away to see my father. He couldn't have cared less. He just took me back as soon as he could.
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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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You never argued with my mother. You couldn't win.
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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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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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My mother left me for seven years in an orphanage.
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I got a telegraph from my mother who said that my step-father had had a heart attack, come home and earn a living. So I went back to England and the only thing I knew to earn any cash was through hairdressing.
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'The Pianist' is a movie I could watch over and over again.
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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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I'm a great jazz fan.
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If you look good, we look good.
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Hair is another name for sex.
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I was a bit of a rebel.
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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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Mary Quant is my favourite fashion designer.
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If you don't look good, we don't look good.
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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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