Iris Apfel Quotes

I never dreamt that I would do all the things that I have done. But things just happened to me all the time.

Some things happen by accident - embrace them.

I always leave room for serendipity and chance.

Everything I've done I've just fallen into.

In life, all things have come to me as a surprise and I didn't have any plans to do films. So let's see how it goes.

Our studies will be forever, in a very great degree, under the direction of chance; like travelers, we must take what we can get, and when we can get it - whether it is or is not administered to us in the most commodious manner, in the most proper place, or at the exact minute when we would wish to have it.

Nothing was planned in my career. I just went with the flow and took everything that came to me. Selling potato chips was obvious, as it was a family business. When friends suggested I should try theatre, I gave it a shot. Then I did a lot of advertisements, and then movies happened.

My life is spontaneous and things just kind of happen.

Nothing I do is by design. It's always the result of a happy accident. I didn't have a career plan. It has just become the way it is. It's all good fun.

Some have greatness thrust upon them, but not lately.

You always end up getting involved in things because of, you know, the strange things your life brings you into contact with.

I was in art school since I was five years old. I've always been to art school. Everything that's happened to me, nothing's been planned. I've never had a business plan. I just kind of fell into it, and I liked it, and I took a chance. I took a lot of chances in my life.

The beauty about my career is that none of it was really calculated.

My career has been a level of serendipity all along. I've never planned anything out more than a few years. All the places we lived - the 12, 13 countries - and the companies I worked for were a combination of circumstances.

If I look back, I think most of the things I did - the films, the books, the collaborations with these magazines - were mostly by accident.

Nothing was planned in my career.

All the films that I did, I didn't plan them. They just came to me.

No, I never planned my life.

All great work is preparing yourself for the accident to happen.

I'm surprised as anyone about where I've ended up. Maybe it's because I say yes to things.

I've never been a planner. I didn't know I was going to run for the State House. I didn't know I was going to run for governor. I don't know what's next, and I love not thinking about it because the doors open at a certain time.

I'm not opposed to anything. If an opportunity comes across, I'll answer the door if it comes knocking.

I have never chosen my next job. I focus on what's in front of me, and serendipity steps in.

Don't plan too hard, because something much better might be out there.

I still think my whole career was accidental. I didn't pursue it. I feel like I'm cheating sometimes.