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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.

Iris Apfel

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Iris Apfel
Age: 103
Born: 1921
Born: August 29
Businessperson
Interior Designer
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Queens
New York
Iris Barrel
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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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When you don't dress like everybody else, you don't have to think like everybody else.
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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 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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Given the choice, I would spend my money on accessories.
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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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When you're older, no matter how good your humor is you don't always feel perky and peppy. But if you sit home all day and brood about it, it gets worse.
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My mother worshipped at the altar of the accessory.
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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 love a nice hot pink. I like thick lipstick, otherwise it doesn't look like you're wearing any.
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I just never want to completely grow up.
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When the fun goes out of getting dressed, you might as well be dead.
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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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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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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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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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My look is either very baroque or very Zen – everything in between makes me itch.
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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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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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I don't believe in rules. It's different for everybody. Everyone has to make their own decision and find out what's comfortable for them.
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