If there was a choice on spending a lot of money on accessories or dress, I always chose accessories. I think jewelry can change an outfit more than anything else.
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.’
To lead the good life in New York, the two most important things for a woman are a chauffeur and a fur-lined raincoat. If you have those two things, you’re made.
I’m a great believer in common sense, and the older I get I see that common sense is not that common.
My mother worshipped at the alter of accessories and I got the bug. She always said, if you have a good, little, simple black dress and you have different accessories, you can have 27 different outfits.
Coco Chanel said take one thing off. I always said put another one on.
Style is attitude, attitude, attitude!
I had to be my own person and live my own life if I wanted to be happy, and I just did it.
Being attractive lasts longer than being pretty.
My look is either very baroque or very Zen – everything in between makes me itch.
I always feel that if you’re gonna be uncomfortable and unhappy in something, just because you think it’s in or it’s chic, I would advise you to be happy rather than well-dressed. It’s better to be happy.
People would always say to me, “Why are you wearing such large frames?” And I would say, “The bigger to see you.”
I’m a color person, I’ve never been known to play it safe. Plus I like big bags. My eyeglasses are so big; they don’t fit into smaller bags.
You can’t try to be somebody you’re not; that’s not style.
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.
Humor is important in everything. Dress with a little humor and you can go a long way.
It’s more important to be happy than well-dressed.
I’m happy if I can help anybody. I’m more than happy to, but you have to find your own path.
I just mix and put things together the way the spirit moves me.
When the fun goes out of getting dressed, you might as well be dead.