Diana Vreeland Quotes

For goodness sakes, beware of curls… It is a great art to do them so that the girls not only look modern - but do not suddenly look very vulgar.

All creations demand greenery of spirt. 

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

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

Don't look back. Just go ahead. Give ideas away. Under every idea there's a new idea waiting to be born.

Black is the hardest color in the world to get right-except for gray.

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

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.

When I arrived in America, I had these very dark red nails which some people objected to, but then some people object to absolutely everything.

Balenciaga was incredibleI was madly infatuated with his clothes. His clothes were devastating. One fainted. One simply blew up and died.

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

Prettiness is not a rent you pay for occupying a space marked 'female'

I read everything! I would have read the phone book if you put it in front of me. I just read.

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

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

Being vulgar is fine, but oh please just don't be boring.

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. Without it, you're nobody.

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

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

Pink is the navy blue of India.

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

I think your imagination is your reality

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

You can see and feel everything in clothes.

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

I think i always had a perfectly clear view of what was possible for the public. "Give'em what they never knew they wanted".

Water is God's tranquilizer.

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

I always say I hope to God I die in a town with a good tailor, a good shoemaker, and perhaps someone who's interested in a little quelque chose d'autre.

The only thing people are interested in is people.

Pleasure is everything.

Chutney is marvelous. I'm mad about it. To me, it's very imperial.

I was always sort of a loner, I suppose. I always had to think out everything for myself... I suppose that is what you call a loner.

To be contented—that’s for the cows.

When fashion turns over it brings in little tiny creaks and cracks. This is the fascination and that is where you have to watch every step.

When I discovered dancing, I learned to dream.

Naturally, I’ve always been mad about clothes. You don’t get born in Paris to forget about clothes for a minute.

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

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

I've always remained totally myself, which is to say, without an idea... of what to do.

Fragrances fill the senses with the mysterious.

The hottest thing in the world is to wear pants with stockings.

You've got to have style, it helps you get out of bed in the morning.

Money has nothing to do with style at all, but naturally it helps every situation.

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

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

Every girl in the world should have geisha training

Peanut butter is the greatest invention since Christianity.

I never felt comfortable about my looks until I married Reed Vreeland. I believe in love at first sight because that's what it was. I knew the moment our eyes met that we would marry.

I'm a person who is only invested in the pleasures and enjoyments of life. All the rest is left to the men. I've always remained what you might call "feminine" about the whole [work] thing.