230 Quotes by Iris Apfel

I wasn't interested at all in doing a documentary. I was not a public figure.

I’m a hopeless romantic. I buy things because I fall in love with them. I never buy anything just because it’s valuable. My husband used to say I look at a piece of fabric and listen to the threads. It tells me a story. It sings me a song. I have to get a physical reaction when I buy something. A coup de foudre – a bolt of lightning. It’s fun to get knocked out that way!

I never just went to look for clothes and style; I always find that wherever I go.

I'm not a collector of clothes. I've got clothes to wear.

I've always loved to help people, young people in particular.

I'm happy if I can help anybody. I'm more than happy to, but you have to find your own path.

It's more important to be happy than well-dressed.

In my view you can't go to the future if you haven't come from the past.

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.