I’m a hopeless romantic. I buy things because I fall in love with them. I never buy anything just because it’s valuable. Iris Apfel Read Quote
Throughout history, clothes represented who you were; they are a great vehicle for explaining who you are. During the Ching dynasty, for example, what you wore and how it was made reflected your status in society. People could literally read your clothes like a book, just by its color and how it was embroidered. Iris Apfel Read Quote
I have ideas that I think might be amusing, and I try them, and if they look right, I carry them out, and if they don’t, I throw them out and try something else. I don’t agonize about it. Iris Apfel Read Quote
People say, ‘You have inspired me, you’ve given me courage…’ They’ve gone so far as to say, ‘You’ve changed my life!’ And I would come back and say to my husband, ‘I can’t understand it – what kind of poor little life did she have if I had to come and change it?’ Iris Apfel Read Quote
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 do, I do with gut instinct. If I think too much, it won’t come out right. Iris Apfel Read Quote
I think people should express themselves more and not just buy what’s in. While it can be very beautiful, and it may suit you perfectly, I’m sure it doesn’t suit everyone in the same way. I like people who express themselves and are more individualistic. Iris Apfel Read Quote
My father told me once not to expect anything from anybody so I wouldn’t be disappointed. If somebody was nice and did nice things for me, I should be overjoyed, but I shouldn’t go through life expecting it, which is very good advice. Iris Apfel Read Quote
