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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.

Iris Apfel

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Iris Apfel
Age: 103
Born: 1921
Born: August 29
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Never be afraid to stop traffic.
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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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First you have to know who you are. That is the most important thing, as if you don't know who you are you will either get swallowed up or you follow some unsuitable trends and just become a nonentity.
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I'll spend more time getting dressed than I spent at the actual event.
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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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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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When the fun goes out of getting dressed, you might as well be dead.
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I don't pay attention to things like the talent for style. I don't meditate on things like that. I just do whatever I think I should do and go with it, and if people like it, then I'm very happy about it. And if not, I always figure it's their problem not mine.
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My mother worshipped at the altar of the accessory.
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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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I'm not a minimalist, as I'm sure you've noticed.
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It's more important to be happy than well-dressed.
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I think I still keep my sense of wonder, which I call childlike, not childish, childlike. I still have a vivid imagination, and I like to try a lot of new things.
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More is more and less is a bore.
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In my view you can't go to the future if you haven't come from the past.
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I don't think dressing has anything to do with numbers. I know people of 30 who act like they're 97, and I have a few old-bag friends who are very hip.
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Given the choice, I would spend my money on accessories.
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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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My look is either very baroque or very Zen – everything in between makes me itch.
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