God was fair to the Japanese. He gave them no oil, no coal, no diamonds, no gold, no natural resources — nothing! Nothing comes from the island that you can sustain a civilization on. What God gave the Japanese was a sense of style—maintained through the centuries through hard work and the disciplines of ambition.

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

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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.

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There's only one very good life and that's the life you know you want and you make it yourself.

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

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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.

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

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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.

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I loathe narcissism, but I approve of vanity.

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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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Too much good taste can be very boring. Independent style, on the other hand, can be very inspiring.

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It’s not about the dress you wear, but it’s about the life you lead in the dress.

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I sincerely believe that energy grows from itself and the more energy you expand the more you create within yourself.

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You gotta have style to get up in the morning

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Exaggeration is my only reality.

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There’s only one thing in life, and that’s the continual renewal of inspiration.

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Without emotion there is no beauty

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The best thing about London is Paris.

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I mean, a new dress doesn't get you anywhere; it's the life you're living in the dress.

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Within every girl is the possibility of arousing emotion. Without emotion there is no beauty.

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