Iris Apfel: “More is More and Less is a Bore.”

Iris Apfel, an interior designer and fashion celebrity, with her larger-than-life personality and unmistakable flare, has died aged 102. Through her words, she guided us to embrace our uniqueness and to revel in the joy of self-expression.

“More is more and less is a bore.”

“I don't have any rules, because I'd only be breaking them."

"If your hair is done properly and you're wearing good shoes, you can get away with anything."

"I'm not interested in age. People who tell me their age are silly. You're as old as you feel."

"When you don't dress like everybody else, you don't have to think like everybody else."

"You can't learn style. It's like writing—you either have it or you don’t."

"I like things that are not too perfect, that have a little crack."

"To me, colour is like music. You have to learn to listen to it."

"You have to be interested. If you're not interested, you can't be interesting."

"If you're lucky enough to have something that makes you different from everybody else, don't ever change."

"I don't see anything so wrong with a wrinkle. It's kind of a badge of courage."

"I don't have time to be bored; there's so much to do."

"I've always thought of accessories as the exclamation point of a woman's outfit."

"The key to style is learning who you are, which takes years. There's no how-to road map to style. It's about self-expression and, above all, attitude."