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My mother worshipped at the altar of the accessory. — Iris Apfel

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

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

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

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

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

I just never want to completely grow up. — Iris Apfel

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Style is attitude, attitude, attitude! — Iris Apfel

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Nobody is original anymore. Nobody has any original style. — Iris Apfel

Fashion and interior design are one and the same. — Iris Apfel

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The world is always full of promise. — Iris Apfel

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

I like to improvise. — Iris Apfel

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Being attractive lasts longer than being pretty. — Iris Apfel

Colour can raise the dead. — Iris Apfel

Never be afraid to stop traffic. — Iris Apfel

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

More is more and less is a bore. — Iris Apfel

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I just roll with the punches. — Iris Apfel

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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