Apfel Quotes

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More is more and less is a bore.
Iris Apfel
You don’t have to be an artist to be a creator, because creativity comes in a lot of forms, like cooking or keeping a house or dressing well. What you need is imagination, to make things up for yourself.
Iris Apfel (Iris Apfel: Accidental Icon)
Whatever happened to the cultivation of the inner self? It's painful and it's work, but it always pays off.
Iris Apfel (Iris Apfel: Accidental Icon)
When you try too hard to have style, you look uncomfortable, like you're wearing a costume, like the clothes are entering the room before you do. If you're uptight, you won't be able to carry off even a seemingly perfect outfit. If that's happening, I say abandon the whole thing. It's better to be happy than well dressed.
Iris Apfel (Iris Apfel: Accidental Icon)
The worst fashion faux pas is looking in the mirror and seeing somebody else.
Iris Apfel (Iris Apfel: Accidental Icon)
When you don't dress like everyone else, you don't have to think like everyone else.
Iris Apfel (Iris Apfel: Accidental Icon)
You don't find out who you are unless you work at it.
Iris Apfel (Iris Apfel: Accidental Icon)
We thought we'd seen the worst when those girls disappeared, but seeing, and not seeing, is a funny old thing. Even now, I don't know which is crueller in the end.
Felicity McLean (The Van Apfel Girls Are Gone)
Why do I wear such large glasses? The bigger to see you with, my dear. Anyway, you have to have fun. If you can't have fun, you might as well be dead.
Iris Apfel (Iris Apfel: Accidental Icon)
You're not pretty, and you'll never be pretty. But, it doesn't matter. You have something much better. You have style.
Iris Apfel
I never had a fondness for gems or the extravagance of Harry Winston or Van Cleef & Arpels. I've always liked the more flamboyant, imaginative things. I lusted after costume jewelry. My husband was a very lucky man.
Iris Apfel
It’s better to be happy than well-dressed.
Iris Apfel
Quando você não se veste como todos os outros, você não tem que pensar como os outros.
Iris Apfel
Cordy kept strange private things curled up in her carelessness that were too tight for the rest of us to unravel.
Felicity McLean (The Van Apfel Girls Are Gone)
So we kept our mouthes closed, like we squeezed our eyes shut. Our family of four blind mice.
Felicity McLean (The Van Apfel Girls Are Gone)
They dare the rising tide to erase them.
Felicity McLean (The Van Apfel Girls Are Gone)
I never expect anything. I just feel things in my gut and I do them. If something sounds exciting and interesting, I do it—and then I worry about it later. Doing new things takes a lot of energy and strength. It’s very tiring to make things happen, to learn how to master a skill, to push fears aside. Most people would rather just go with the flow, it’s much easier. But it’s not very interesting.
Iris Apfel
I never expect anything. I just feel things in my gut and I do them. If something sounds exciting and interesting, I do it--and then I worry about it later. Doing new things takes a lot of energy and strength. It's very tiring to make things happen, to learn how to master a skill, to push fears aside. Most people would rather just go with the flow; it's much easier. But it's not very interesting.
Iris Apfel (Iris Apfel: Accidental Icon)
Die schwere Verwundung Gregors, an der er über einen Monat litt -- der Apfel blieb, da ihn niemand zu entfernen wagte, als sichtbares Andenken im Fleische sitzen --, schien selbst den Vater daran erinnert zu haben, daß Gregor trotz seiner gegenwärtigen traurigen und ekelhaften Gestalt ein Familienglied war, das man nicht wie einen Feind behandeln durfte, sondern dem gegenüber es das Gebot der Familienpflicht war, den Widerwillen hinunterzuschlucken und zu dulden, nichts als dulden.
Franz Kafka (The Metamorphosis)
You don’t have to look like an old fuddy-duddy, but I believe it was Chanel who said, ‘Nothing makes a woman look so old as trying desperately hard to look young’. I think you can be attractive at any age. I think trying to look like a spring chicken when you’re not makes you look ridiculous.
Iris Apfel
I learned that if you make a point of bonding with the group and they accept you, they will actually like it when you do something original. But if you don't try to be part of things, forget it. That's when your originality is going to work against you. Fit in first and then step out. There is a difference between being perceived as original and being accepted, even loved for it, and being perceived as different and resented for it. You can have your cake and eat it, too.
Iris Apfel (Iris Apfel: Accidental Icon)
But every once in a great while, the pull of her heritage would hit her, and Grand-mere would cook something real. I could never figure out what it was that triggered her, but I would come home from school to a glorious aroma. An Apfel-strudel, with paper-thin pastry wrapped around chunks of apples and nuts and raisins. The thick smoked pork chops called Kasseler ribs, braised in apple cider and served with caraway-laced sauerkraut. A rich baked dish with sausages, duck, and white beans. And hoppel poppel. A traditional German recipe handed down from her mother. I haven't even thought of it in years. But when my mom left, it was the only thing I could think to do for Joe, who was confused and heartbroken, and it was my best way to try to get something in him that didn't come in a cardboard container. I never got to learn at her knee the way many granddaughters learn to cook; she never shared the few recipes that were part of my ancestry. But hoppel poppel is fly by the seat of your pants, it doesn't need a recipe; it's a mess, just like me. It's just what the soul needs. I grab an onion, and chop half of it. I cut up the cold cooked potatoes into chunks. I pull one of my giant hot dogs out, and cut it into thick coins. Grand-mere used ham, but Joe loved it with hot dogs, and I do too. Plus I don't have ham. I whisk six eggs in a bowl, and put some butter on to melt. The onions and potatoes go in, and while they are cooking, I grate a pile of Swiss cheese, nicking my knuckle, but catching myself before I bleed into my breakfast. By the time I get a Band-Aid on it, the onions have begun to burn a little, but I don't care. I dump in the hot dogs and hear them sizzle, turning down the heat so that I don't continue to char the onions. When the hot dogs are spitting and getting a little browned, I add the eggs and stir up the whole mess like a scramble. When the eggs are pretty much set, I sprinkle the cheese over the top and take it off the heat, letting the cheese melt while I pop three slices of bread in the toaster. When the toast is done, I butter it, and eat the whole mess on the counter, using the crispy buttered toast to scoop chunk of egg, potato, and hot dog into my mouth, strings of cheese hanging down my chin. Even with the burnt onions, and having overcooked the eggs to rubbery bits, it is exactly what I need.
Stacey Ballis (Recipe for Disaster)
Ein Apfel?' Louis wick zurück. 'Ich rühr keine Äpfel an. Zwei meiner Tanten sind so vergiftet werden.
Cornelia Funke (Fearless (Mirrorworld, #2))
Каким-то образом я с самых ранних лет поняла, как важно подстраиваться. Мне было шесть, когда родители отправили меня на два месяца в летний лагерь к северу от Нью-Йорка. Оказавшись в роли новенькой, я быстро усвоила: не стоит слишком громко озвучивать свое мнение в группе. Не помню, что именно случилось, наверное, я увидела, какие у этого бывают последствия. В любом случае, я поняла: поступать оригинально можно уже после того, как удастся влиться в новую группу. Если вас приняли в свой круг, оригинальность, скорее всего, оценят положительно. Если же не пытаться стать частью коллектива, об оригинальности можно забыть. Она будет работать против вас. Сначала вливайтесь, а уже потом выделяйтесь. В этом и заключается разница между оригинальностью (которую принимают и даже любят) и отталкивающей чужеродностью. Короче говоря, это именно тот случай, когда в погоне за двумя зайцами нужно поймать обоих.
Iris Apfel (Iris Apfel: Accidental Icon)
Прежде чем обрести свой стиль, нужно УЗНАТЬ СЕБЯ. Если вы будете одеваться по моей указке, это будет не ваш стиль. Ваш стиль должен быть отражением вас. Его нельзя купить, ему нельзя научиться. Он заложен в ДНК. Вам могут помочь выявить его. Вы можете научиться лучше одеваться, но всё же стиль – это врожденное. Ни консультант по покупкам, ни личный стилист не помогут вам обрести стиль.
Iris Apfel (Iris Apfel: Accidental Icon)
Если слишком рьяно броситься на поиски собственного стиля, выглядеть естественно просто не получится. Когда смотришь на такого человека, кажется, что он надел маскарадный костюм и вещи производят более яркое впечатление, чем их хозяин. Внутреннее напряжение не даст правильно себя преподнести даже в самом идеальном наряде. Если вы чувствуете себя именно так – бросайте это дело. Лучше быть счастливым, чем хорошо одетым.
Iris Apfel (Iris Apfel: Accidental Icon)
But seeing and not seeing is a funny old thing. Even now I don’t know which is crueler in the end.
Felicity McLean (The Van Apfel Girls Are Gone)
You only have one trip, and the present is all you've got. The past isn't coming back, and the future isn't here yet! So live each day as though it were your last. And one day you'll be right.
Iris Apfel (Iris Apfel: Accidental Icon)
You can't go home again. If an experience was wonderful, don't try to re-create it. It will never be as beautiful as it was the first time.
Iris Apfel (Iris Apfel: Accidental Icon)
If you're happy, have found love, are surrounded by good people, doing what you like, and giving back to others, that's success. Selling your soul for a buck is not work the real price you pay. . .
Iris Apfel (Iris Apfel: Accidental Icon)
Es ist interessanter, einen Apfel auf dem Mond zu finden als einen Mondstein.
Karlheinz Stockhausen
So many words, but none of them were enough. None of them brought those girls home.
Felicity McLean (The Van Apfel Girls Are Gone)
Marlen Zyla: Glaubt mir – aber das tut ihr ja sowieso, denn immerhin bin ich GOTT –, dass Eva nicht lasziv an einem Apfel geleckt hat, um Adam zu verführen. Sie hat vielmehr eine Banane genommen und … nun, ich glaube, den Rest könnt ihr euch denken.
Sebastian Niedlich (Am Ende der Welt gibt es Kaffee und Kuchen und andere Stories)