Gloria Vanderbilt quotes

Gloria Vanderbilt was an American designer, artist, and socialite known for her pioneering work in the fashion industry. Her designer jeans and signature lifestyle brand made her a household name in the 1970s and 1980s. She also became famous for her dynamic personal life and contributions to the arts. Here are 32 of her quotes:

To be happy--one must find one's bliss. (Gloria Vanderbilt)
I love to think that animals and humans and plants and fishes and trees and stars and the moon are all connected. View quote
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The heart of another is a dark forest. View quote
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In mythology and palmistry, the left hand is called the dreamer because the ring finger on the left hand leads directly to the heart. I find it a very poetic idea. And that's why I only wear nail polish on my left ring finger. View quote
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I do spend money. I like to spend money, on houses - on furnishing houses. And I love to give presents to people. It's just in my nature to be that way. I always spent money I had. And I always spent what I made. I'm not stingy. View quote
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I do take very good care of myself, and I'm always in love. And by that I mean I have an appetite for life. I'm in love with beauty and things and people and love and being in love, and those things I think, on the inside, show on the outside. View quote
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You must always have great, secret, big fat hopes for yourself in love and in life. The bigger, the better. View quote
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Everything in life is elusive. View quote
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When anybody says, 'Why me?' Why is 'me' exempt? View quote
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Art brings a message into a room. It should make us perceive in a new way - either through color, form or narrative content - something we had not perceived before... and perhaps reveal something to you about yourself. View quote
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Throughout my life I have taken detours in acting and writing, but art remains my abiding passion. (Gloria Vanderbilt)
If you've never had a mother or a father, you grow up seeking something you're never going to find, ever. You seek it in love and in people and in beauty. View quote
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The only thing that would ever embarrass me would be something I would write that would be badly written. View quote
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I don't like cold people at all. It makes me feel really insecure. View quote
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I do think all art is autobiographical, and I do think I know quite a bit about women. I don't know anything about men. View quote
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I was born during an eclipse. I believe very much in astrology. If you were born on an eclipse it indicates your destiny is chaotic. View quote
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The fame you earn has a different taste from the fame that is forced upon you. View quote
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I don't categorize myself as an 85-year-old woman who has written an erotic novel. I categorize myself as a writer who's written an erotic novel. View quote
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I don't read anything about myself. As a child, there was something in me that was just instinctive. I want to be clear in my spirit, and I don't want to be blocked by things that get inside of you and kill you. View quote
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When I started travelling, I would go to a city and be on television and I used to get the question, 'Why do you work? If I were you, I'd just go and lie on a beach somewhere.' And I'd answer, 'Well, I wanted to make something of my life. View quote
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And it came to me, and I knew what I had to have before my soul would rest. I wanted to belong - to belong to my mother. And in return - I wanted my mother to belong to me. (Gloria Vanderbilt)
I believe in marriage and fidelity. View quote
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A work of fiction is conceived very much the same way as a dream occurs in the mind of a sleeper. View quote
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I've been really very fortunate with the men I've been involved with. They've always really treated me very, very wonderfully. And whenever anything broke up, I was always the one to leave. So I think I've been really very, very lucky. View quote
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All art, from the paintings on the walls of cave dwellers to art created today, is autobiographical because it comes from the secret place in the soul where imagination resides. View quote
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Gloria Vanderbilt

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Occupation: American Designer
Born: February 20, 1924
Died: June 17, 2019
Quotes count: 32

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