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I was in art school since I was five years old. I've always been to art school.
Iris Apfel
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Iris Apfel
Age: 103
Born: 1921
Born: August 29
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I'm not a minimalist, as I'm sure you've noticed.
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When you don't dress like everybody else, you don't have to think like everybody else.
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I never had a fondness for gems or the extravagance of Harry Winston or Van Cleef & Arpels. I've always liked the more flamboyant, imaginative things. I lusted after costume jewelry. My husband was a very lucky man.
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I don't happen to like pretty things. I don't like pretty dresses. I like more attractive. I like people that look a little bit more offbeat. I don't like the classic pretty face. That doesn't mean it's not pretty or it's not wonderful, and most people don't agree with me, but that's the way I think.
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To lead the good life in New York, the two most important things for a woman are a chauffeur and a fur-lined raincoat. If you have those two things, you’re made.
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My look is either very baroque or very Zen – everything in between makes me itch.
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Given the choice, I would spend my money on accessories.
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The world is always full of promise.
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I'm making a lot of noise as I walk.
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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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Fashion you can buy, but style you possess.
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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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I'll spend more time getting dressed than I spent at the actual event.
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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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You can't just say, I'm gonna have style. You have to work at it. It's intuitive some people have it, and some people can work on it all day long, and it will never happen.
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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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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.
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To me there are lots more important things in the world than just having the right shoes!
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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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If you put something together and it doesn't look so good, the fashion police are not going to come and take you away. And if they do, you might have some fun in jail.
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