Iris Apfel Quotes

The White House is the people's house. When you do historical restoration, that must be what it is.

I love antique architecture, so if I have any indulgences, I have owned and renovated and reconstructed a lot of old houses.

I specialize in early homes, and what I care about the most is renovating a home and taking it back to its original construction idea.

Architecture is measured against the past; you build in the future, and you try to imagine the future.

Buildings like Penn Station attract our protective instincts not only because of their beauty but because we fear what will come to replace them.

Ancient monuments 300 to 1000-plus years old are never 'renovated,' only 'restored,' a distinction that escapes the babus.

Federal support for Morristown National Historic Park and the inclusion of additional lands present a unique opportunity for our government to express its commitment to preserving our past. Failing to do so may allow these historically important lands to go unprotected.

There may have been a time when preservation was about saving an old building here and there, but those days are gone. Preservation is in the business of saving communities and the values they embody.

The giant neon spinning discs are a reminder of the huge role that Sam Sniderman and his store played in the cultural life of Toronto and I believe they should be preserved and remounted in the interests of our city's heritage.

The creators of Wonder Woman had no interest in proving an actual link to the past. In some parts of the academic world, however, the historical existence of the Amazons, or any matriarchal society, has long been a raging issue.

I'm not going to waste my time worrying about these Confederate statues. That's wasted energy.

I wanted to honor my heritage and where I came from and keep the name. It was a tough decision to even change the spelling of it phonetically. I wanted to keep it as close to the original as it can be.

Every White House Correspondents' Dinner for the past three years, I have broken my dress and can't even zip it, so we have to leave - that's why I've missed every carpet appearance. One time, we had to go into Virginia to find me a new dress.

Too many people take New York for granted. The primary reason is that history is not taught. That's outrageous in a city where the past is still visible.

With my research, I really need absolute confirmation of what actually happened, direct physical connections to the past.

Bath was dusty and a little shabby when we moved here. It did look its age and you felt its history in its streets and buildings and little alleyways. The sense of the past was palpable. There were some bad modern buildings but there was a patina of age.

Most historians don't much like generalizations. Indeed, they make a trade of showing that this or that generalization about the past will not work here or there or then.

Like all things, cities must change - even a city as enamoured of the past and memory as D.C.

If we do not, as historians, write the history of great events as well as the small stories that make up the past, others will, and they will not necessarily do it well.

I don't believe in updating. If a play works, it draws something from being true to its time.

I take a keen interest in the architecture of places when I travel.

I'm the only fighter to ever go to the White House and meet with a sitting president.

Personally, what I would like the most is to work on a project that would aid the historic rehabilitation of Havana. It's a shame - and it gives me tremendous sadness - to see the precious buildings, to see a city, which could be the most beautiful in Latin America, falling apart and with very little money for renovations.

An underexplored reason why nostalgic art is worthwhile is that it influences the way the past is remembered.

The Democratic Party has become the party of the coastal elite, and the Republican Party is the party of the working class and that average American citizen who's been struggling over the past eight years with Obama in the White House.