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 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'm delighted that gay people want to get married and I say why not! It's nobody's business and I would happily give my blessing.
Iris ApfelI can't tell people how to have style. No amount of money can buy you style. It's just instinctive.
Iris ApfelCaviar used to be my drug of choice, but since my husband is on a no-salt diet, I've kind of given it up. I still have dreams of sitting down and gorging, though. I love it with a good vodka; I don't like it with champagne.
Iris ApfelMy mother gave me very good advice years ago. I grew up in the Great Depression and she always told me to get a good little basic black dress - well-cut, well-made, good fabric - and it could take me through everything. I could go to the office in the morning and stay out all day in the same dress. Just by changing accessories, because they are so transformative, you can make six different outfits. I find that very useful. My mother worshipped at the altar of accessories and I'm an accessory freak, as everybody knows. That, I got from my mother.
Iris Apfel