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

Iris Apfel

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Iris Apfel
Age: 103
Born: 1921
Born: August 29
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Interior Designer
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Queens
New York
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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 just never want to completely grow up.
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I'm not a minimalist, as I'm sure you've noticed.
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Given the choice, I would spend my money on accessories.
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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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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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When you don't dress like everybody else, you don't have to think like everybody else.
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You're not pretty, and you'll never be pretty. But, it doesn't matter. You have something much better. You have style.
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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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Caviar used to be my drug of choice, but since my husband is on a no-salt diet, I've kind of given it up. I still have dreams of sitting down and gorging, though. I love it with a good vodka I don't like it with champagne.
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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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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 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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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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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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More is more and less is a bore.
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