196 Quotes by Diana Vreeland

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.

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.

I adore fringe.

The first thing to do is arrange to be born in Paris. After that, everything follows quite naturally

A new dress doesn’t get you anywhere. It's the life you’re living in the dress.

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

<"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

All my life I’ve pursued the perfect red. I can never get painters to mix it for me.It’s exactly as if I’d said, “I want Rococo with a spot of Gothic in it anda bit of Buddhist temple” – they have no idea what I’m talking about.About the best red is to copy the color of a child’s cap in any Renaissanceportrait.

Pale pink salmon is the only color I cannot abide––although, naturally, I adore pink. I love the pale Persion pinks of the little carnations of Provence and Schiaparelli’s pink, the pink of the Incas…And though it’s so vieux jeu I can hardly bear to repeat it––pink is the navy blue of India.