Diana Vreeland
Poor, darling fellow - he died of food. He was killed by the dinner table.Collection: Food
The only real elegance is in the mind; if you've got that, the rest really comes from it.
You don't have to be born beautiful to be wildly attractive.
I loathe narcissism, but I approve of vanity.
Elegance is innate. It has nothing to do with being well dressed. Elegance is refusal.
Blue jeans are the most beautiful things since the gondola.
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.
What do I think about the way most people dress? Most people are not something one thinks about.
Pink is the navy blue of India.
In a Balenciaga you were the only woman in the room - no other woman existed.
I always wear my sweater back-to-front; it is so much more flattering.
Exaggeration is my only reality.
The bikini is the most important thing since the atom bomb.
Balenciaga did the most delicious evening clothes. Clothes aren't delicious any more.
The body must stay fit. Fit people like themselves much better.
No one cuts backs like he did. No one knows what a back is anymore.
Parents, you know, can be terrible.
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.Collection: People
There's only one very good life and that's the life you know you want and you make it yourself.Collection: Good Life
It’s not about the dress you wear, but it’s about the life you lead in the dress.Collection: Dresses
The first thing to do is to arrange to be born in Paris. After that, everything follows quite naturally.Collection: Paris
There’s only one thing in life, and that’s the continual renewal of inspiration.Collection: Inspiration
Don't look left nor right and never compete. Never. Watching the other guy is what kills all forms of energy.Collection: Guy
Without emotion there is no beautyCollection: Emotion
I think your imagination is your realityCollection: Reality
Being vulgar is fine, but oh please just don't be boring.Collection: Boring
Most people haven't got a point of view; they need to have it given to them––and what's more, they expect it from you.Collection: Views
Still, my dream in life is to come home and think of absolutely nothing. After all, you can’t think all the time.Collection: Dream
Too much good taste can be very boring. Independent style, on the other hand, can be very inspiring.Collection: Fashion
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.Collection: Girl
We all need a splash of bad taste. No taste is what I am against.Collection: Fashion
People who eat white bread have no dreams.Collection: Dream
The best time to leave a party is when the party’s just beginning. There’s no drink that kills except the drink that you didn’t want to take, as the saying goes, and there’s no hour that kills except the hour you stayed after you wanted to go home.Collection: Fashion
Unshined shoes are the end of civilization.Collection: Fashion
The best thing about London is Paris.Collection: Paris
One thing I hold against Americans is that they have no flair for the rain. They seem unsettled by it; it's against them: they take it as an assault, an inconvenience! But rain is so wonderfully cleansing, so refreshing, so calming...Collection: Rain
I like to indulge myself by sitting up late without having to do anything in the morning.Collection: Morning
I have a terrible time remembering exactly when my birthday is. Age is totally boring.Collection: Age
The two greatest mannequins of the century were Gertrude Stein and Edith Sitwell - unquestionably. You just couldn't take a bad picture of those two old girlsCollection: Girl
There was a time when it was considered vulgar and unnecessary to pursue money, but today anyone who doesn't believe in money must be out of their minds!Collection: Believe
It's only intelligent to wish to look after yourself properly.Collection: Intelligent
No one knows how hard one works.Collection: Know How
Water is God's tranquilizer.Collection: Water
If it isn't a passion, it isn't burning, it isn't on fire, you haven't lived.Collection: Passion
I certainly didn't learn anything in school. My education was the world.Collection: School
I was always fascinated by the absurdities and luxuries and the snobbism of the world that fashion magazines showed. Of course, it’s not for everyone...But I lived in that world, not only during my years in the magazines business but for years before, because I was always of that world-- at least in my imagination.Collection: Fashion
I've always remained totally myself, which is to say, without an idea... of what to do.Collection: Ideas
Style; all who have it have have one thing: originality.Collection: Fashion
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.Collection: Fashion
The only thing people are interested in is people.Collection: People