Diana Vreeland Quotes - Page 4

Where would fashion be without literature?

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.

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.

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.

Blue jeans are the most beautiful things since the gondola.

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

A world without leopards, well, who would want to live in it?

Vogue always did stand for people's lives. I mean, a new dress doesn't get you anywhere; it's the life you're living in the dress, and the sort of life you had lived before, and what you will do in it later.

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 the public. That was my job. I think I always had a perfectly clear view of what was possible for the public. Give ‘em what they never knew they wanted.

I like to indulge myself by sitting up late without having to do anything in the morning.

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.

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

Pink is the navy blue of India.

One is born with good taste. It's very hard to acquire. You can acquire the patina of taste. But what Elsie Mendl had was something else that's particularly American––an appreciation of vulgarity. Vulgarity is a very important ingredient in life. I'm a great believer in vulgarity––if it's got vitality. 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, it's physical. I think we could use more of it. No taste is what I'm against.

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

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

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

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

Lighting is everything in a color.

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.

All people are meant to be creative in a certain way. What way? Perhaps I was cut out to be a wonderful housewife, with a marvelous sense of cooking, being with my friends, running a perfect house. But I am not ambitious towards anything.

I wonder about prisoners. They're told, "You are free, you are innocent, you can go anywhere." I'm sure they usually feel nothing. They don't burst into tears or hysterics or joy or "I told you so." It's nothing. To be on the straight path isn't a bloody thing. It's just ordinary.

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.