Iris Apfel Quotes

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• I never felt pretty. I don't feel pretty now. I'm not a pretty person. I don't like pretty. So I don't feel badly. And I think it worked out well, because I found that all the girls I know who got by on their looks, as time went on and they faded, they were nothing. And they were very disappointed. When you're somebody like myself, in order to get around and be attractive, you have to develop something, you have to learn something, you have to do something. So you become a bit more interesting.

  Iris Apfel

  Girl, Thinking, Order

  "Iris Apfel’s Art of Style" by Richard Brody, www.newyorker.com. April 29, 2015.

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• Fashion you can buy, but style you possess. The key to style is learning who you are, which takes years. There’s no how-to road map to style. It’s about self-expression and, above all, attitude.

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  Fashion, Attitude, Keys

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• When you don't dress like everybody else, you don't have to think like everybody else.

  Iris Apfel

  Inspiring, Fashion, Thinking

  "At 90, Fashion’s Latest Pop Star". Interview with Ruth La Ferla, www.nytimes.com. August 23, 2011.

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• I say, dress to please yourself. Listen to your inner muse and take a chance. Wear something that says 'Here I am!' today.

  Iris Apfel

  Confidence, Fashion, Here I Am

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• If you don’t learn constantly, you don’t grow and you will wither. Too many people wither on the vine. Sure, it gets a little harder as you get older, but new experiences and new challenges keep it fresh.

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  New Experiences, People, Challenges

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• More is more and less is a bore.

  Iris Apfel

  Fashion, Bores

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• I don't have any rules, because I would only be breaking them, so it's a waste of time

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  Waste, Wasting Time

  ELLE Interview, www.elle.com. April 27, 2015.

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• You're not pretty, and you'll never be pretty. But, it doesn't matter. You have something much better. You have style.

  Iris Apfel

  Style, Matter, Not Pretty

  "Fashion icon celebrated in final film by Albert Maysles" by Edward Helmore, www.theguardian.com. March 7, 2015.

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• If you're lucky enough to get old, I think you should celebrate it.

  Iris Apfel

  Positive, Thinking, Lucky

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• You have to be interested. If you're not interested, you can't be interesting.

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  Interesting, Not Interested, Ifs

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• You only have one trip. You might as well enjoy it.

  Iris Apfel

  Might, Enjoy, Wells

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• I don’t care what people think…I learned a long time ago…I was 19 and had a very traumatic experience….and I learned that I have to go to bed with myself at night and that I have to please myself…and as long as I don’t go out of my way to offend anybody that I love, upset my mother or my husband…I’ll do my own thing. And if the public doesn’t like it, it’s their problem, not mine.

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  Mother, Husband, Night

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• I’m a hopeless romantic. I buy things because I fall in love with them. I never buy anything just because it’s valuable. My husband used to say I look at a piece of fabric and listen to the threads. It tells me a story. It sings me a song. I have to get a physical reaction when I buy something. A coup de foudre – a bolt of lightning. It’s fun to get knocked out that way!

  Iris Apfel

  Song, Falling In Love, Fun

  " "Iris Apfel: the muse of New York" by Jess Cartner-Morley, www.theguardian.com. March 13, 2012.

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• Never be afraid to stop traffic.

  Iris Apfel

  Being Yourself, Traffic

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• If you can't be pretty, you have to learn to make yourself attractive. I found that all the pretty girls I went to high school with came to middle age as frumps, because they just got by with their pretty faces, so they never developed anything. They never learned how to be interesting. But if you are bereft of certain things, you have to make up for them in certain ways. Don't you think?

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  Girl, School, Thinking

  "Iris Apfel, fashion darling. Aged 88" by Gaby Wood, www.theguardian.com. January 16, 2010.

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• I think jewelry can change an outfit more than anything else. Transformation, punch, individuality: One or all of the above are why you should wear jewelry.

  Iris Apfel

  Thinking, Individuality, Jewelry

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• I was never hurt by what anybody said about my clothes, because I dress to please myself. If somebody doesn’t like what I’m wearing, it’s their problem, not mine

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  Hurt, Clothes, Dresses

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• If you hair is done properly and you're wearing good shoes, you can get anyway with anything.

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  Life, Beauty, Hair

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• You don’t have to look like an old fuddy-duddy, but I believe it was Chanel who said, ‘Nothing makes a woman look so old as trying desperately hard to look young’. I think you can be attractive at any age. I think trying to look like a spring chicken when you’re not makes you look ridiculous.

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  Spring, Believe, Thinking

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• Fashion you can buy, but style you possess.

  Iris Apfel

  Fashion, Style

  "Sage Style Advice From Fashion Icon Iris Apfel" by Lorraine Cwelich, www.elle.com. September 20, 2013.

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• You have to look in the mirror and see yourself. If it feels good, then I know it's for me. I don't dress to be stared at, I dress for myself.

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  Mirrors, Feel Good, Dresses

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• I’m a great believer in common sense, and the older I get I see that common sense is not that common

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  Common Sense, Common, Believer

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• I see myself as the world's oldest living teenager... I try to get as much kick out of things as possible.

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  Teenager, Trying, World

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• If there was a choice on spending a lot of money on accessories or dress, I always chose accessories. I think jewelry can change an outfit more than anything else.

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  Thinking, Choices, Dresses

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• I just mix and put things together the way the spirit moves me.

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  Moving, Together, Way

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