Quotes by Diana Vreeland

About Diana Vreeland:

Diana Vreeland was a noted columnist and editor in the field of fashion. She worked for the fashion magazines Harper's Bazaar and Vogue and as a special consultant at the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. She was named to the International Best Dressed List Hall of Fame in 1964.
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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.

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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 univers...

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We are not looking for endless variety--we are looking for fashion." February 10, 1967, Memo re HAIR ON SITTINGS

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Poor, darling fellow - he died of food. He was killed by the dinner table.

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Red is the great clarifier - bright and revealing. I can't imagine becoming bored with red - it would be like becoming bored with the person you love.

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The only real elegance is in the mind; if you've got that, the rest really comes from it.

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What do I think about the way most people dress? Most people are not something one thinks about.

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Blue jeans are the most beautiful things since the gondola.

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I always wear my sweater back-to-front; it is so much more flattering.

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In a Balenciaga you were the only woman in the room - no other woman existed.

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No one cuts backs like he did. No one knows what a back is anymore.

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Balenciaga did the most delicious evening clothes. Clothes aren't delicious any more.

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Elegance is innate. It has nothing to do with being well dressed. Elegance is refusal.

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Pink is the navy blue of India.

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I loathe narcissism, but I approve of vanity.

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Parents, you know, can be terrible.

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The bikini is the most important thing since the atom bomb.

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

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

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Exaggeration is my only reality.

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Author Bio

  • NameDiana Vreeland
  • DescriptionAmerican magazine editor
  • BornSeptember 29, 1903
  • DiedAugust 22, 1989
  • CountryFrance; United States Of America
  • ProfessionJournalist; Fashion Editor
  • AwardsKnight Of The National Order Of Merit; Chevalier Des Arts Et Des Lettres?