I. Frost's Selected Quotations

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I never wanted to weigh more heavily on a man than a bird.
On why she never married, NY Herald Tribune 18 Oct 64

Jump out the window if you are the object of passion. Flee it if you feel it.... Passion goes, boredom remains.
McCall's Nov 65

Nature gives you the face you have at 20; it is up to you to merit the face you have at 50.
"Ladies Home" Journal Sep 56

How many cares one loses when one decides not to be something, but to be someone.
This Week 20 Aug 61

Those who create are rare; those who cannot are numerous. Therefore, the latter are stronger.
This Week 20 Aug 61

Some people think luxury is the opposite of poverty. It is not. It is the opposite of vulgarity.
Recalled on her death 10 Jan 71

I love luxury. And luxury lies not in richness and ornateness but in the absence of vulgarity. Vulgarity is the ugliest word in our language. I stay in the game to fight it.
Life 19 Aug 57

Luxury must be comfortable, otherwise it is not luxury.
NY Times 23 Aug 64

There is no time for cut-and-dried monotony. There is time for work. And time for love. That leaves no other time!
Recalled on her death 10 Jan 71

Fashion is made to become unfashionable.
NY Times 23 Aug 64

Look for the woman in the dress. If there is no woman, there is no dress.
NY Times 23 Aug 64

It is the unseen, unforgettable, ultimate accessory of fashion.... that heralds your arrival and prolongs your departure.
On perfume, NY Herald Tribune 18 Oct 64

Elegance is not the prerogative of those who have just escaped from adolescence, but of those who have already taken possession of their future.
McCall's Nov 65