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Iris Apfel quotes: My mother worshipped at the altar of the accessory.

My mother worshipped at the altar of the accessory.

Iris Apfel quotes: Understated jewellery is not for me. It's too itsy-bitsy. My husband is lucky, as I've never had a yen for real jewels.

Understated jewellery is not for me. It's too itsy-bitsy. My husband is lucky, as I've never had a yen for real jewels.

Iris Apfel quotes: I had to be my own person and live my own life if I wanted to be happy, and I just did it.

I had to be my own person and live my own life if I wanted to be happy, and I just did it.

Iris Apfel quotes: Coco Chanel said take one thing off. I always said put another one on.

Coco Chanel said take one thing off. I always said put another one on.

Iris Apfel quotes: I'll spend more time getting dressed than I spent at the actual event.

I'll spend more time getting dressed than I spent at the actual event.

Iris Apfel quotes: I swear on everything holy I do not know what's on the Internet about me.

I swear on everything holy I do not know what's on the Internet about me.

Iris Apfel quotes: I just never want to completely grow up.

I just never want to completely grow up.

Iris Apfel quotes: Technology is a wonderful thing, but I think it's violently misused.

Technology is a wonderful thing, but I think it's violently misused.

Iris Apfel quotes: I'm delighted that gay people want to get married and I say why not! It's nobody's business and I would happily give my blessing.

I'm delighted that gay people want to get married and I say why not! It's nobody's business and I would happily give my blessing.

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

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

Iris Apfel quotes: I love a nice hot pink. I like thick lipstick, otherwise it doesn't look like you're wearing any.

I love a nice hot pink. I like thick lipstick, otherwise it doesn't look like you're wearing any.

Iris Apfel quotes: I don't dress to be stared at. I dress for myself.

I don't dress to be stared at. I dress for myself.

Iris Apfel quotes: I get very involved with my things, and they are not standard equipment.

I get very involved with my things, and they are not standard equipment.

Iris Apfel quotes: I was always known in my industry, and I always enjoyed a modicum of popularity.

I was always known in my industry, and I always enjoyed a modicum of popularity.

Iris Apfel quotes: Great personal style is an extreme curiosity about yourself.

Great personal style is an extreme curiosity about yourself.

Iris Apfel quotes: I'm a hopeless romantic. I buy things because I fall in love with them. I never buy anything just because it's valuable.

I'm a hopeless romantic. I buy things because I fall in love with them. I never buy anything just because it's valuable.

Iris Apfel quotes: Fashion has this youth mania. But 70-year-old ladies don't have 18-year-old bodies, and 18-year-olds don't have a 70-year-old's dollars.

Fashion has this youth mania. But 70-year-old ladies don't have 18-year-old bodies, and 18-year-olds don't have a 70-year-old's dollars.

Iris Apfel quotes: Style is attitude, attitude, attitude!

Style is attitude, attitude, attitude!

Iris Apfel quotes: The White House is the people's house. When you do historical restoration, that must be what it is.

The White House is the people's house. When you do historical restoration, that must be what it is.

Iris Apfel quotes: I'm not a pretty person. I don't like pretty, so I don't feel badly. Most of the world is not with me, but I don't care.

I'm not a pretty person. I don't like pretty, so I don't feel badly. Most of the world is not with me, but I don't care.

Iris Apfel quotes: You have to be interested. If you're not interested, you can't be interesting.

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

Iris Apfel quotes: I find that if I get up and push myself, I get lost in what I'm doing, and I forget about everything else until I stop doing it.

I find that if I get up and push myself, I get lost in what I'm doing, and I forget about everything else until I stop doing it.

Iris Apfel quotes: You only have one trip. You might as well enjoy it.

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

Iris Apfel quotes: To me there are lots more important things in the world than just having the right shoes!

To me there are lots more important things in the world than just having the right shoes!

Iris Apfel quotes: Being well-dressed is a wonderful thing, but I don't think it should be life threatening.

Being well-dressed is a wonderful thing, but I don't think it should be life threatening.

Iris Apfel quotes: Nobody is original anymore. Nobody has any original style.

Nobody is original anymore. Nobody has any original style.

Iris Apfel quotes: Fashion and interior design are one and the same.

Fashion and interior design are one and the same.

Iris Apfel quotes: I'm not a collector of clothes. I've got clothes to wear.

I'm not a collector of clothes. I've got clothes to wear.

Iris Apfel quotes: You can be born with the talent to be an opera star, but you've got to work and practice it.

You can be born with the talent to be an opera star, but you've got to work and practice it.

Iris Apfel quotes: I'm making a lot of noise as I walk.

I'm making a lot of noise as I walk.

Iris Apfel quotes: The fun of getting dressed is it's a creative experience.

The fun of getting dressed is it's a creative experience.

Iris Apfel quotes: I think fashion is just part of my life and if it hadn't of been fashion then it would have been something else.

I think fashion is just part of my life and if it hadn't of been fashion then it would have been something else.

Iris Apfel quotes: Oh my God, I'm a walking advertisement for discounted shopping.

Oh my God, I'm a walking advertisement for discounted shopping.

Iris Apfel quotes: I am not a fashionista, and I don't dress up. Usually if I'm at home, where I am now, I'm wearing a robe.

I am not a fashionista, and I don't dress up. Usually if I'm at home, where I am now, I'm wearing a robe.

Iris Apfel quotes: When you don't dress like everybody else, you don't have to think like everybody else.

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

Iris Apfel quotes: I still have the dress I wore on the first date with my husband, which was more than 66 years ago. I still have it, and it still fits.

I still have the dress I wore on the first date with my husband, which was more than 66 years ago. I still have it, and it still fits.

Iris Apfel quotes: The world is always full of promise.

The world is always full of promise.

Iris Apfel quotes: I'm not a minimalist, as I'm sure you've noticed.

I'm not a minimalist, as I'm sure you've noticed.

Iris Apfel quotes: I like to improvise.

I like to improvise.

Iris Apfel quotes: It's more important to be happy than well-dressed.

It's more important to be happy than well-dressed.

Iris Apfel quotes: I was never a fan of Chanel. I liked it on other people. Some other people. All the ladies who were too plump and busty looked like little sausages.

I was never a fan of Chanel. I liked it on other people. Some other people. All the ladies who were too plump and busty looked like little sausages.

Iris Apfel quotes: Nothing I ever did I expected to do. It just kind of happened.

Nothing I ever did I expected to do. It just kind of happened.

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

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 quotes: You don't find out who you are unless you work at it.

You don't find out who you are unless you work at it.

Iris Apfel quotes: My look is either very baroque or very Zen - everything in between makes me itch.

My look is either very baroque or very Zen - everything in between makes me itch.

Iris Apfel quotes: I didn't have children, but I never wanted children.

I didn't have children, but I never wanted children.

Iris Apfel quotes: Being attractive lasts longer than being pretty.

Being attractive lasts longer than being pretty.

Iris Apfel quotes: Colour can raise the dead.

Colour can raise the dead.

Iris Apfel quotes: Never be afraid to stop traffic.

Never be afraid to stop traffic.

Iris Apfel quotes: I just mix and put things together the way the spirit moves me.

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

Iris Apfel quotes: In my view, you can't go to the future if you haven't come from the past.

In my view, you can't go to the future if you haven't come from the past.

Iris Apfel quotes: I think if women put some more of the time and money they put on their heads in their heads, they'd be better off.

I think if women put some more of the time and money they put on their heads in their heads, they'd be better off.

Iris Apfel quotes: I'm not going to be a rebel and offend anybody, but I'm not going to live in somebody else's image.

I'm not going to be a rebel and offend anybody, but I'm not going to live in somebody else's image.

Iris Apfel quotes: If you're lucky enough to get old, I think you should celebrate it.

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

Iris Apfel quotes: Humor is important in everything. Dress with a little humor and you can go a long way.

Humor is important in everything. Dress with a little humor and you can go a long way.

Iris Apfel quotes: It's better to be happy and comfortable than well dressed.

It's better to be happy and comfortable than well dressed.

Iris Apfel quotes: Shock can kill you. Shock is terrible. But what you've got to do is live in the present, which is what I have always done.

Shock can kill you. Shock is terrible. But what you've got to do is live in the present, which is what I have always done.

Iris Apfel quotes: I never just went to look for clothes and style; I always find that wherever I go.

I never just went to look for clothes and style; I always find that wherever I go.

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

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

Iris Apfel quotes: It's better to be happy than to be well-dressed.

It's better to be happy than to be well-dressed.

Iris Apfel quotes: I'm happy if I can help anybody. I'm more than happy to, but you have to find your own path.

I'm happy if I can help anybody. I'm more than happy to, but you have to find your own path.

Iris Apfel quotes: More is more and less is a bore.

More is more and less is a bore.

Iris Apfel quotes: I always tell people I'm very large in Uzbekistan.

I always tell people I'm very large in Uzbekistan.

Iris Apfel quotes: If your hair is done properly you can get away with anything

If your hair is done properly you can get away with anything

Iris Apfel quotes: I wasn't interested at all in doing a documentary. I was not a public figure.

I wasn't interested at all in doing a documentary. I was not a public figure.

Iris Apfel quotes: People would always say to me, "Why are you wearing such large frames?" And I would say, "The bigger to see you."

People would always say to me, "Why are you wearing such large frames?" And I would say, "The bigger to see you."

Iris Apfel quotes: Jewelry is the most transformative thing you can wear.

Jewelry is the most transformative thing you can wear.

Iris Apfel quotes: Self-exploration is very painful, but unless you do that, you will never know who you are and who you want to be.

Self-exploration is very painful, but unless you do that, you will never know who you are and who you want to be.

Iris Apfel quotes: I can't tell people how to have style. No amount of money can buy you style. It's just instinctive.

I can't tell people how to have style. No amount of money can buy you style. It's just instinctive.

Iris Apfel quotes: I never buy what someone says is 'in' or a 'must-have.' I buy what makes me happy.

I never buy what someone says is 'in' or a 'must-have.' I buy what makes me happy.

Iris Apfel quotes: I've always loved to help people, young people in particular.

I've always loved to help people, young people in particular.

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

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 quotes: I just roll with the punches.

I just roll with the punches.

Iris Apfel quotes: I'm a color person, I've never been known to play it safe. Plus I like big bags. My eyeglasses are so big; they don't fit into smaller bags.

I'm a color person, I've never been known to play it safe. Plus I like big bags. My eyeglasses are so big; they don't fit into smaller bags.

Iris Apfel quotes: When the fun goes out of getting dressed, you might as well be dead.

When the fun goes out of getting dressed, you might as well be dead.

Iris Apfel quotes: If you hair is done properly and you're wearing good shoes, you can get anyway with anything.

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

Iris Apfel quotes: I don't expect to find inspiration. It just sort of comes. Sometimes you step on a bug and you get inspired.

I don't expect to find inspiration. It just sort of comes. Sometimes you step on a bug and you get inspired.

Iris Apfel quotes: Given the choice, I would spend my money on accessories.

Given the choice, I would spend my money on accessories.

Iris Apfel quotes: There's different shopping in Paris than there is at a bazaar in Istanbul, but they're all wonderful.

There's different shopping in Paris than there is at a bazaar in Istanbul, but they're all wonderful.

Iris Apfel quotes: I love high-end designers, but a head-to-toe designer look for me is extremely boring. I've always mixed it up.

I love high-end designers, but a head-to-toe designer look for me is extremely boring. I've always mixed it up.

Iris Apfel quotes: Clothes are not frippery. Properly done, they can be an art form.

Clothes are not frippery. Properly done, they can be an art form.

Iris Apfel quotes: I don't count myself as a fashionista because I do a lot of other things. That's just a small part of my life.

I don't count myself as a fashionista because I do a lot of other things. That's just a small part of my life.

Iris Apfel quotes: I don't look at Instagram. I don't have much to do with social media.

I don't look at Instagram. I don't have much to do with social media.