I was friends with Salvador Dalí until the day he died. Lucky me. I can't say why. I didn't live to be noticed, I lived to enjoy the excitement of doing right that day, and I knew I was doing it right when they would have me back. That was the thrill for me. I yearned to be validated because my mother was stern and I never did much right, that's how I perceived it.
The key to overcoming adversity is to be ready to understand that you have enough, no matter what rug is pulled out from under you. You can't live in… - Carmen Dell'orefice
The key to overcoming adversity is to be ready to understand that you have enough, no matter what rug is pulled out from under you. You can't live in…
- Carmen Dell'orefice
There’s always a boyfriend... Whatever else I have to give up on, I won’t give up on love. - Carmen Dell'orefice
There’s always a boyfriend... Whatever else I have to give up on, I won’t give up on love.
We're all works of art in progress. - Carmen Dell'orefice
We're all works of art in progress.
My philosophy is the balance of remembering the past but not living in it, to know where you are in the moment, to project a little in the future and… - Carmen Dell'orefice
My philosophy is the balance of remembering the past but not living in it, to know where you are in the moment, to project a little in the future and…
When asked her view of cosmetic surgery, Carmen Dell'Orefice replies, '”That's a very polite way of asking me, I'm sure, ‘Have you had a facelift?' W… - Carmen Dell'orefice
When asked her view of cosmetic surgery, Carmen Dell'Orefice replies, '”That's a very polite way of asking me, I'm sure, ‘Have you had a facelift?' W…
I'm a working woman of 80 trying to work out what the image I can project is. How I can do it with, you know, dignity. - Carmen Dell'orefice
I'm a working woman of 80 trying to work out what the image I can project is. How I can do it with, you know, dignity.
I don't live for stuff and things, and if I had to live in a cardboard box, I would put curtains on it. - Carmen Dell'orefice
I don't live for stuff and things, and if I had to live in a cardboard box, I would put curtains on it.
I didn't marry to have children. I married to have a relationship, and I was blessed with one child. I was an only child, too - my mother was smarter… - Carmen Dell'orefice
I didn't marry to have children. I married to have a relationship, and I was blessed with one child. I was an only child, too - my mother was smarter…
I'm totally formed by my mother's interest in fashion. As a Hungarian immigrant, she couldn't afford clothes. She made all her clothes from patterns.… - Carmen Dell'orefice
I'm totally formed by my mother's interest in fashion. As a Hungarian immigrant, she couldn't afford clothes. She made all her clothes from patterns.…
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