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In my view you can't go to the future if you haven't come from the past.
Iris Apfel
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Iris Apfel
Age: 103
Born: 1921
Born: August 29
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My look is either very baroque or very Zen – everything in between makes me itch.
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I'm delighted that gay people now want to get married and I say why not! It's nobody's business and I would happily give my blessing.
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If you don't have any individuality and you're happy just being one of the girls (or boys) be my guest. I'm not the fashion police. I won't fault you.
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I had to be my own person and live my own life if I wanted to be happy, and I just did it.
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It's not easy to know who you are and it's very painful and takes a lot of time and that is why a lot of people don't want to put in the effort.
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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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I think that if you have to work very hard at dressing up and it makes you nervous or uptight, then you won't look very well because you won't be comfortable. I think it's much better to be comfortable and happy than well dressed.
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Everything that's happened to me, nothing's been planned. I've never had a business plan. I just kind of fell into it, and I liked it, and I took a chance. I took a lot of chances in my life.
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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.
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There are so many empty headed people in the fashion business who take themselves way too seriously and I don't think I am at all like one of them. To me there are lots more important things in the world than just having the right shoes!
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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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Fashion you can buy, but style you possess.
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I'll spend more time getting dressed than I spent at the actual event.
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When you go to a nice restaurant, you want to be relaxed and have a drink and everything, you want to look at people who look well. You don't want to look at some slob with an open shirt and a hairy chest. At least I don't.
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If you're over 60, arms are not pretty, so I think you should stay covered up. But wear what's appropriate for what you're doing, how you live, and what your lifestyle is.
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You have to observe a few simple rules in dressing, which are really not rules it's just being appropriate. If you're 70 and want to wear miniskirts, 70-year-old knees ain't pretty!
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The fun of getting dressed is it's a creative experience.
Iris Apfel
When you don't dress like everybody else, you don't have to think like everybody else.
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
When the fun goes out of getting dressed, you might as well be dead.
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