Marlene Dietrich

Don't follow it blindly into every dark alley. Always remember that you are not a model or a mannequin for which the fashion is created.

Lover's words: “How beautiful you are, now that you love me.”

Words can bruise and break hearts, and minds as well. There are no black and blue marks, no broken bones to put in plaster casts, and therefore no prison bars for the offender.

I had no desire to be an film actress, to always play somebody else, to be always beautiful with somebody constantly straightening out your every eyelash. It was always a big bother to me.

Latins are tenderly enthusiastic. In Brazil they throw flowers at you. In Argentina they throw themselves.

I dress for the image. Not for myself, not for the public, not for fashion, not for men.

The relationship between the make-up man and the film actor_x000D_ is that of accomplices in crime