Rev it your way

So it seems the Revlon founder was quite a character.

Charles H. Revson was a hard-driven perfectionist whose overbearing, imperious personality led most of his business partners to sever their connections with him by 1965.

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Revson)

But the pretty side of his affairs eludes me.

What caught my attention was his string of quotes (aside: I think grouchiness is a prerequisite for your quotes being quotable), which includes:

I’m guessing this is about the difference marketing makes

In the factory we make cosmetics; in the drugstore we sell hope.

I’d really love to know who did what to him to spark this

Accuracy is to a newspaper what virtue is to a lady, but a newspaper can always print a retraction.