Vidal Sassoon Quotes

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Vidal Sassoon

Profession : Businessman

Birth : January 17, 1928

The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.

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Capri on the Amalfi Coast in Italy is my ultimate holiday destination.

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To me hair dressing means shape. It's very important that the foundations should be right.

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From my point of view, there is a tremendous amount to be said for secular humanism.

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I'll never forget one morning I walked in and I had a hell of a bruise - it had been a difficult night the night before - and a client said to me, 'Good God, Vidal, what happened to your face?' And I said, 'Oh, nothing, madam, I just fell over a hairpin.'

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We learned to put discipline in the haircuts by using actual geometry, actual architectural shapes and bone structure. The cut had to be perfect and layered beautifully, so that when a woman shook it, it just fell back in.

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You either create something and you keep it a secret and you die with it, or you can benefit the craft.

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Hairdressers are a wonderful breed. You work one-on-one with another human being and the object is to make them feel so much better and to look at themselves with a twinkle in their eye.

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I believe in the equality of man; and I believe that religious duties consist in doing justice, loving mercy, and endeavoring to make our fellow-creatures happy.

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For nine years I worked to change what was hairdressing then into a geometric art form with color, perm without setting which had never been done before.

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If you have a sense of style and purpose and will you don't want to compromise.

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You must always do what you feel is right.

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Mary Quant is my favourite fashion designer.

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It's okay saying sorry, but when you are drunk you say what you really feel.

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I was all about my thoughts, my work, my inspiration. I was always in hair.

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Hair excited me. As the old ways - backcombing, rollers and rigidity - went out of the window, I started to feel the possibilities in front of my eyes.

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Bring out the eyes.

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Most people have excellent necks. Now they cover them with curtains, which is kind of ridiculous. But there are some beautiful necklines that you can cut into and create wonderful backs, as well as bone structure for the face.

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I don't sort of sit in a chair and pompously feel proud of myself about all the things we might have accomplished.

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The essence is, what can we do next? And will it be good?

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