Gloria Vanderbilt

Birthday: February 20, 1924 in New York City, New York, USA

Birth Name: Gloria Laura Morgan Vanderbilt

Great-great-granddaughter of "The Commodore" Cornelius Vanderbilt, founder of her family's fortune. Her maternal aunt, Lady Thelma Furness, was a mistress of King Edward VIII of Great Britain. Gloria is a close cousin of the British Dukes of Marlborough.

I've had many, many loves. I always feel that something wonderful is going to happen. And it always ...Show more »

I've had many, many loves. I always feel that something wonderful is going to happen. And it always does. Show less «

I have a tremendous appetite for life; the phone rings and your whole life could change.

When I'm traveling to promote my book, I feel like an artful impostor. What I really am is when I'm ...Show more »

When I'm traveling to promote my book, I feel like an artful impostor. What I really am is when I'm in my (painter's) studio and when I'm writing. With actors, it's the same thing. They're kind of artful impostors in public. When you get to know them, they're different people. Show less «

If you don't have a father, you don't miss it, because you don't know what it is. It was really only...Show more »

If you don't have a father, you don't miss it, because you don't know what it is. It was really only when I married Wyatt Cooper that I understood what it was like to have a father, because he was just an extraordinary father. Show less «

On personal power: One of the goals of life is to try and be in touch with one's most personal theme...Show more »

On personal power: 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. Show less «

I don't read anything about myself. As a child, there was something in me that was just instinctive....Show more »

I don't read anything about myself. As a child, there was something in me that was just instinctive. I want to be clear in my spirit, and I don't want to be blocked by things that get inside of you and kill you. Show less «

You must always have great, secret, big fat hopes for yourself in love and in life. The bigger, the ...Show more »

You must always have great, secret, big fat hopes for yourself in love and in life. The bigger, the better. Show less «

Gloria Vanderbilt

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