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

Iris Apfel

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Iris Apfel
Age: 103
Born: 1921
Born: August 29
Businessperson
Interior Designer
Model
Queens
New York
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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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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.
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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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I'm not going to be a rebel and offend anybody, but I'm not going to live in somebody else's image.
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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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To find out who you are is like putting yourself on a psychiatric couch, but you have nobody to help you. Really it isn't easy. I was talking with my nephew this morning and he gave me one of the best quotes I've heard in years 'Personal style is curiosity about oneself.'
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I was in art school since I was five years old. I've always been to art school.
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More is more and less is a bore.
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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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The world is always full of promise.
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I never just went to look for clothes and style I always find that wherever I go.
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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 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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Style means you have a real curiosity about yourself and then you express it. Having style is not copying somebody else.
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I love a nice hot pink. I like thick lipstick, otherwise it doesn't look like you're wearing any.
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You have to know yourself and know what you can carry. If you're not comfortable, no matter how well dressed you are, you're not going to look right. I'd rather be happy and feel comfy.
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Never be afraid to stop traffic.
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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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I don't have any rules, because I would only be breaking them, so it's a waste of time
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