Gloria Vanderbilt Quotations

. . . one of the goals of life is to try and be in touch with one's most personal themes -- the values, ideas, styles, colors that are the touchstones of one's own individual life, its real texture and substance.

I've resolved so many things in my life. I like the idea of showing that you can go through a lot and still be on your feet, still be working, and still be positive about life.

Throughout my life I have taken detours in acting and writing, but art remains my abiding passion.

Many times, working is kind of like channeling, and I really don't know what's going to fall on the page. I just did this image of a fat girl and put her on a tiny mountain peak of grass that she's walking over. It just amused me.

I love to think that animals and humans and plants and fishes and trees and stars and the moon are all connected.

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.

Nobody should get married at 17.

When I was being photographed, I always felt very much in my own skin. That's probably one of the reasons why I enjoy being photographed.

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.

One of the goals of life is to try and be in touch with one's most personal themes-the values, the ideas, styles, colors that are the touchstones of one's own individual life, its real texture and substance.