Hotness to me is scary. I don't want to be hot. I just want to be a staple. I want to be something that's trusted.

Never dull your shine for somebody else.

Don't chase the money... chase the passion. Because that's what is going to keep you happy and motivated and jumping out of that bed Monday morning.

I haven't seen the Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame, the Louvre. I haven't seen anything. I don't really care.

Love every part of yourself. Even the things that frustrate you. They make you who you are!

Black women have always been these vixens, these animalistic erotic women. Why can't we just be the sexy American girl next door?

Stop saying these negative things about yourself. Look in the mirror and find something about yourself that's positive and celebrate that!

There is 3 key things for good photography: the camera,lighting and... Photoshop

I love the confidence that makeup gives me.

Self-love has very little to do with how you feel about your outer self. It's about accepting all of yourself.

You can have all the potential in world, but unless you have confidence, you have nothing.

I believe in recovery, and as a role model I have the responsibility to let young people know that you can make a mistake and come back from it.

Wrinkles should merely indicate where the smiles have been.

I do think the U.S. has a moral and political leadership role to play.

The man who has done less than his best has done nothing.

I wanted [photography] to be more than a document, to be something that is as close as you could possibly be to the subject.

Whites they pretended to ignore, as they busily lived mirror-image white lives.

You can't be the head, if you are a mediocre.

most men and women, by birth or nature, lack the means to advance in wealth or power, but all have the ability to advance in knowledge.

Dear God, I pray for patience and I want it right now.

Our soul lives in Peace and lives for Peace. If we live a life of peace, we are ever enriched and never impoverished. Unhorizoned is our inner peace; like the boundless sky, it encompasses all.