Iman Quotes

I was a very nerdy child. I never fit in, so I became laboriously studious.

I keep on 5 to 10 pounds above my jeans weight, as the ultimate no-filler-needed refresher, and buy a size up on jeans.

Change makes you find your calling, your legacy, and God's divine plan for your life. Don't run from it.

I don't love eating meat. I really only like chicken and fish.

As I always said: I fell in with David Jones. I did not fall in love with David Bowie.

I did not want to get involved with a rock star. No way. It is not a sane thing to do.

We all want what every girl wants: to look fabulous while we're out there ruling the world.

I had never seen 'Vogue.' I didn't read fashion magazines, I read 'Time' and 'Newsweek.'

People called me 'Iman the black model'. In my country, we're all black, so nobody called somebody else black. It was foreign to my ears.

We never wore burkas because Somalis had our own culture.

I'm a very political person, and I think things through clearly, even when I was 18 years old.

At the end of the day, a 34B doesn't give you self-esteem.

My father ... gave me a positive connection with men because he is a gentleman.

I can't stand my legs, for a start, and you rarely see me in skirts.

Life is too short not to have pasta, steak, and butter.

The day you settle for less is the day you will get less.

There is no age better than another. The commitment to give of yourself and the knowledge that the time is right are what's important.

Nobody has ever said to me that I was pretty, 'til I met Peter Beard.

I have been a muse to Mr. Saint-Laurent, Valentino, Calvin Klein, Donna Karan, Versace.

I tell all my younger friends, 'Don't be afraid of change. That is when you truly see what your destiny is.'

Eliminating the things you love is not wellness. Wellness feeds your soul and makes you feel good.

I am so far more secure and more grounded and more know who I am than when I was in my 20s.

I am the face of a refugee. I was once a refugee. I was with my family in exile.

I wanted a bronzer so I could look like I just came from Ibiza everyday.

I beg you, don't use the verb, 'discover', I hate it. What does it mean, that I didn't exist before?

I would rather Google other people than Google myself.

I don't do anything by myself. I have a whole crew to get me ready every day.

The difference between rearing a child in your 20s and one in your 50s is one of patience.

Looking good is a commitment to yourself and to others. Wigs, killer heels, Pilates, even fillers - whatever works for you, honey.

I'm lucky in some ways in that I really don't need more than five or so hours of sleep.

I believe in glamour. I am in favor of a little vanity. I don't rely on just my genes.

The people who are the most successful in life are not stopped by fear.

We all have friends and loved ones who say 60's the new 30. No. Sixty's the new 60.

I was never a practicing Muslim. But I do consider myself a Muslim.

I'm always criticised by other Somalis and Muslims for what I'm doing as a model and married to a white man and all that.

Beauty is being comfortable and confident in your own skin.

Italian was my first foreign language. I speak it better than English.

I don't look like a white woman. I look Somali.

I believe the universe has great plans for us. When you are young, you don't learn that.

My looks have changed. I have laugh lines - not wrinkles.

The truth was I felt ugly growing up. I only really started feeling comfortable in myself when I was 40.

The women I gravitate to are the ones who defy convention and reinvent themselves - hence, they reinvent the world around them.

I started the cosmetics in 1994 after I stopped modeling, out of my frustration as a woman of color not finding what I needed.

My ritual is cooking. I find it therapeutic. It comes naturally to me. I can read a recipe and won't have to look at it again.

I vowed to myself when I got married that I would cook every night. I find it very therapeutic.

We are very private, so we decided from early on that we will keep the press and editors and everybody out of our house.

It's really not a good idea to forecast or double guess the fates; you will always be fooled.

If I feel frustrated in a situation, I take a deep breath and walk away.

Mrs. Obama is not a great beauty. But she is so interesting-looking - so bright. That will always take you farther.

I arrive in New York on October 15, 1975. On my own, by the way.

People get numbed when they see picture after picture, year in and year out, of people starving.

At the end of the day, my legacy will not be modelling but my cosmetics line.

Intelligence is sexy. Don't play dumb, especially young girls. Don't play dumb. And let people see that you are intelligent.

I was studying political science; I was adamant that I was going to follow in my father's footsteps.

Bowie is just a persona. He's a singer, an entertainer. David Jones is a man I met.

Multicultural markets are nuanced but not alien.

in a world full of trends, i want to remain a classic

There is a lot of noise out there. I don't want to follow the trend - I want to create the trend.

When everyone is telling you, 'You're so beautiful, there's nobody like you,' you begin to think it's true. But of course there is nobody like you.

I've always said if what I'm going to create doesn't look good on everybody, I'm not going to do it.