Natacha Rambova: Work

Natacha Rambova was American film personality and fashion designer. Explore interesting quotes on work.

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“He knew what I was when I married him. I have been working since I was seventeen. Homes and babies are all very nice, but you can't have them and a career as well. I intended, and intend, to have a career and Valentino knew it. If he wants a housewife, he'll have to look again.”

Natacha Rambova

On her marriage to Valentino, p. 172
Madam Valentino: The Many Lives of Natacha Rambova (1991)

“Rudy gets horribly excited when I say this, but I do declare that if they keep him from working two years more, then I will work and support us both. There are many things that I can do. I can dance. I can go back to my designing, but I don't care what it is if it only brings in enough money for him to be able to go on fighting for decent treatment and good material.”

Natacha Rambova

On working and supporting herself and Valentino, p. 118
Photoplay: "Wedded and Parted" (December 1922)

“With butlers and super-butlers, maids and the rest, what work is there for a housewife? I won't be a parasite. I won't sit home and twiddle my fingers, waiting for a husband who goes on the lot at 5:00 a. m. and gets home at midnight and receives mail from girls in Oshkosh and Kalamazoo.”

Natacha Rambova

On her domestic life with Valentino, p. 171
Madam Valentino: The Many Lives of Natacha Rambova (1991)