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Inspirational Quotes by Diana Vreeland

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Books have shaped her life more than anything else, and she believes fashion should feel everything like a story. Vreeland says we should project bold images instead of worrying about facts, and that true passion burns like fire, making life lived fully.

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I adore artifice. I always have.

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Lighting is everything in a color.

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If it's not there in fashion, fantasize it,

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Where would fashion be without literature?

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You can see and feel everything in clothes.

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All my life I've pursued the perfect red.

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Water is God’s tranquilizer,

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Without emotion there is no beauty

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Of course I was always mad about the ballet russe, mad about it!

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Oh, but I think that thoughtfulness and manners are everything.

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I think we live only through our dreams and our imagination.

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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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The West is boring itself to death! And talking itself to death!

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I mean, a new dress doesn't get you anywhere; it's the life you're living in the dress.

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God was fair to the Japanese. He gave them no oil, no diamonds. He gave them style.

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Before even the technique, there is a dream. Chanel had it. The dream is everything.

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You're not supposed to give people what they want, you're supposed to give them what they don't know that they want yet.

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I have always felt that the only great thing about an interview is the questions that are asked.

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The future holds a golden world. It will be for beauty; it will be for intelligent productiveness.

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Power has got to be the most intoxicating thing in the world—and of all forms of power the most intoxicating is fame.

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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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The first thing to do is to arrange to be born in Paris. After that, everything follows quite naturally.

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This is a great shame, but of course there have to be some things in life that not everybody can have, and…

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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…

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A little bad taste is like a nice splash of paprika. We all need a splash of bad taste-it's hearty, it's healthy,…

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I think when you’re young you should be a lot with yourself and your sufferings. Then one day you get out where…

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Pleasure is everything.

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The best thing about London is Paris,

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To be contented—that’s for the cows.

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I think your imagination is your reality

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My life has been more influenced by books than by any other one thing.

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Style; all who have it have have one thing: originality.

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Truth is a hell of a big point with me. Now I exaggerate—always.

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Never worry about the facts. Just project an image to the public.

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I wasn't a fashion editor. I was the one and only fashion editor.

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I certainly didn't learn anything in school. My education was the world.

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There’s only one thing in life, and that’s the continual renewal of inspiration.

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Fragrances fill the senses with the mysterious.

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If it isn't a passion, it isn't burning, it isn't on fire, you haven't lived.

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We all need a splash of bad taste. No taste is what I am against.

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My life has been more influenced by books than by any other one thing.

It’s not about the dress you wear, but it’s about the life you lead in the dress.

Don't look left nor right and never compete. Never. Watching the other guy is what kills all forms of energy.

The body must stay fit. Fit people like themselves much better.

Never worry about the facts. Just project an image to the public.

Pleasure is everything.

You don't have to be born beautiful to be wildly attractive.

I think part of my success as an editor came from never worrying about a fact, a cause, an atmosphere. It was me—projecting to…

To be contented—that’s for the cows.

No one had a better sense of luxury than Coco Chanel, She really had the spirit of the 20th Century.

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.…

“I once heard someone say, "I shall die very young. How young? I don’t know. Maybe seventy, maybe eighty, maybe ninety. But I shall…

This world without a leopard…I mean, who would want to be here?!

You can see and feel everything in clothes.

I think when you’re young you should be a lot with yourself and your sufferings. Then one day you get out where the sun…