Iris Apfel

“People with a lot of money don't dress as well as people who have to make do, who have to be inventive. Those are the people who are always more interestingly dressed, I think. Everything I...”

“There's different shopping in Paris than there is at a bazaar in Istanbul, but they're all wonderful.”

“Understated jewellery is not for me. It's too itsy-bitsy. My husband is lucky, as I've never had a yen for real jewels.”

“Creativity is down the tube. And people give a lot of lip service to individuality. I know they all appreciate it, but they all say they would like to do it, but they don't want to work at i...”

“I'm from New York. My grandparents were settlers of Long Island City. When they came here, there was no bridge, and they had to hire a boat across the river. They had a farm, and my grandmot...”

“Fashion has this youth mania. But 70-year-old ladies don't have 18-year-old bodies, and 18-year-olds don't have a 70-year-old's dollars.”

“Technologically, I live in the 17th century; I don't have a computer, I don't have any of that stuff. I don't look at the Internet, although I know people tell me I'm all over it. Somebody t...”

“Technology is a wonderful thing, but I think it's violently misused.”

“I was always known in my industry, and I always enjoyed a modicum of popularity.”

“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...”

“I used to love to create outfits, and I still do - I just don't have the time. How can you wear one thing and never wear it again? Even my wedding dress - I had a dress made that I could wea...”

“Great personal style is an extreme curiosity about yourself.”

“I just roll with the punches.”

“The White House is the people's house. When you do historical restoration, that must be what it is.”

“I am not a fashionista, and I don't dress up. Usually if I'm at home, where I am now, I'm wearing a robe.”

“I think people have to sharpen their eyes and look. I always feel like a big sponge: I feel like I learn lots of things by osmosis, and I feel that I'm always absorbing. I mean, when people...”

“I don't do very much for beauty. I use very simple things on my skin. I haven't got time. I would always get facials and then come home laden with product, and pay a lot of money and never u...”

“You can't try to be somebody you're not; that's not style. If someone says, 'Buy this - you'll be stylish,' you won't be stylish because you won't be you. You have to learn who you are first...”

“Being well-dressed is a wonderful thing, but I don't think it should be life threatening.”