Our culture puts a lot of pressure on the idea that a woman's self-worth is defined by her looks. It's just awful. And they also put a tremendous premier on youth, which is so, so debilitating and upsetting to so many women. I don't know why they're so dopey. Seriously. I don't see any problem with that and if you do, you should celebrate it. Don't chop your face up.
Iris ApfelIf you can't be pretty, you have to learn to make yourself attractive. I found that all the pretty girls I went to high school with came to middle age as frumps, because they just got by with their pretty faces, so they never developed anything. They never learned how to be interesting. But if you are bereft of certain things, you have to make up for them in certain ways. Don't you think?
Iris ApfelYou're not pretty, and you'll never be pretty. But, it doesn't matter. You have something much better. You have style.
Iris ApfelI love a nice hot pink. I like thick lipstick, otherwise it doesn't look like you're wearing any.
Iris ApfelI think if women put some more of the time and money they put on their heads in their heads, theyโd be better off.
Iris Apfel