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1 " A funny person is funny only for so long, but a wit can sit down and go on being spellbinding forever. One is not meant to laugh. One stays quiet and marvels. Spontaneously witty talk is without question the most fascinating entertainment there is. "
― Diana Vreeland , D.V.
2 " A new dress doesn’t get you anywhere. It's the life you’re living in the dress. "
― Diana Vreeland
3 " A lie to get out of something, or take an advantage for oneself, that’s one thing; but a lie to make life more interesting—well, that’s entirely different. "
4 " <"To bewitch" is to me always slightly artificial as it is always put on -- whereas witchery is a form of naturalness that some people can't help, and the world judges that they don't create it ...> November 15 1967 memo to Mrs. Loew Gross re "THE ROMANTIC POINT OF VIEW "
― Diana Vreeland , Glamour
5 " I don't think you have enough "new" words - and speaking of languor I would speak of it as 'a touch of languor' which comes from the depths of well-rested people who enjoy their life..." November 15 1967 memo to Mrs. Loew Gross re "THE ROMANTIC POINT OF VIEW "
6 " I adore fringe. "
7 " Beauty is in all beings that love and are loved, animals and children, and if older women have it, it is because they feel completely free in this world and in their lives as they feel close to God....and they are spiritually in tune with the universe." December 6 1968. Letter to Miss Anita Colby, 3 East 78th Street, New York "
8 " We are not looking for endless variety--we are looking for fashion." February 10, 1967, Memo re HAIR ON SITTINGS "
9 " The only real elegance is in the mind; if you've got that, the rest really comes from it. "
10 " There's only one very good life and that's the life you know you want and you make it yourself. "
11 " It’s not about the dress you wear, but it’s about the life you lead in the dress. "
12 " 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 shines and the rain rains and the snow snows and it all comes together. "
13 " You don't have to be born beautiful to be wildly attractive. "
14 " The first rule that a geisha is taught, at the age of nine, is to be charming to other women...Every girl in the world should have geisha training. "
15 " Too much good taste can be boring "
16 " I loathe narcissism, but I approve of vanity. "
17 " 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 be very young. "
18 " You gotta have style to get up in the morning "
19 " People who eat white bread have no dreams. "
20 " Unshined shoes are the end of civilization. "
