“The only real elegance is in the mind; if you've got that, the rest really comes from it.”
Diana Vreeland (1903–1989) American magazine editor
“Death is the only real elegance.”
— Zelda Fitzgerald, book Save Me the Waltz
Source: Save Me the Waltz
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