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Quote by Cecil Beaton

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I can't afford a whole new set of enemies.

I can't afford a whole new set of enemies.

What is elegance? Soap and water!

What is elegance? Soap and water!

Be daring, be different, be impractical, be anything that will assert integrity of purpose and...

Be daring, be different, be impractical, be anything that will assert integrity of purpose and...

San Francisco is perhaps the most European of all American cities.

San Francisco is perhaps the most European of all American cities.

All I want is the best of everything and there's very little of that left.

All I want is the best of everything and there's very little of that left.

I have the worst ear for criticism; even when I have created a stage set...

I have the worst ear for criticism; even when I have created a stage set...

On close inspection, this device turned out to be a funereal juke box - the...

On close inspection, this device turned out to be a funereal juke box - the...

Perhaps the world's second-worst crime is boredom; the first is being a bore.

Perhaps the world's second-worst crime is boredom; the first is being a bore.

Never in the history of fashion has so little material been raised so high to...

Never in the history of fashion has so little material been raised so high to...

More varied than any landscape was the landscape in the sky, with islands of gold...

More varied than any landscape was the landscape in the sky, with islands of gold...

Mrs Woolf's complaint should be addressed to her creator, who made her, rather than me.

Mrs Woolf's complaint should be addressed to her creator, who made her, rather than me.

Be daring, be different, be impractical, be anything that will assert integrity of purpose and...

Be daring, be different, be impractical, be anything that will assert integrity of purpose and...