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. Iris Apfel More Quotes by Iris Apfel More Quotes From Iris Apfel People would always say to me, "Why are you wearing such large frames?" And I would say, "The bigger to see you." Iris Apfel bigger people My look is either very baroque or very Zen – everything in between makes me itch. Iris Apfel baroque looks The world is always full of promise. Iris Apfel promise world Style means you have a real curiosity about yourself and then you express it. Having style is not copying somebody else. Iris Apfel style real mean I'm happy if I can help anybody. I'm more than happy to, but you have to find your own path. Iris Apfel ifs path helping I decided when I was 19 that I didn't like all these stereotypes that I was supposed to fit into. I wasn't comfortable and they made me very unhappy. So I tried and I spent a miserable summer, and then I went back to school and said, 'I'm going to do my own thing because I think I have a thing to do. I'm not going to live in anybody else's image because I don't like that.' I felt much better. I didn't do it to rebel against anybody or anything. Iris Apfel summer school thinking I do have a dominant shopping gene but, unlike a reasonable person, I never plan for what I need each season. I enjoy the thrill of the hunt, the discovery and the endless search. In another creation I was, perhaps, a hunter/gatherer. After all these years, I’ve learned that it’s not the end result or finished product but the process I most enjoy. If my experimenting, searching and juxtaposing turns into an exciting outfit well, it’s just a big fat bonus! Iris Apfel shopping discovery years 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.' Iris Apfel morning talking years Being attractive lasts longer than being pretty. Iris Apfel being-pretty attractive lasts 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. Iris Apfel perky matter home I just mix and put things together the way the spirit moves me. Iris Apfel together way moving Jewelry is the most transformative thing you can wear. Iris Apfel jewelry 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. Iris Apfel eyeglasses color play 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, don't you? Iris Apfel dressing-up looks thinking I never just went to look for clothes and style; I always find that wherever I go. Iris Apfel clothes style looks 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. Iris Apfel lucky husband men If you're over 60, arms are not pretty, so I think you should stay covered up. But wear what's appropriate for what you're doing, how you live, and what your lifestyle is. Iris Apfel covered-up arms thinking 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. Iris Apfel vivid-imagination trying thinking I can't tell people how to have style. No amount of money can buy you style. It's just instinctive. Iris Apfel amount style people You can't try to be somebody you're not; that's not style. Iris Apfel style trying
