I missed quite a lot of school because I was working from the age of 11.

Moscow is a huge inspiration for me. I love what I find here, I love being here.

It's better to be skinny than to be fat.

I completely admire my mother for raising a child with cerebral palsy at home.

We all have our own purpose in life and I feel very strongly that I have a bigger purpose than giving to just my immediate family and friends.

My appearance gave me access to a particular kind of world and I'm really grateful for it.

The big contracts go to the girls who are healthy - they need to have a sparkle in their eyes and you can't fake that if you're unhealthy.

I love Yves Saint Laurent and Giambattista Valli and Givenchy and I get given quite a lot, but perhaps nothing is as wonderful as the white fake leather trench coat I got when I was 15.

Before I left Russia in 1999, I was living in a very poor factory town with my family and friends, and nothing was ever going to change.

I think protecting your family and giving to them is so important. It’s the most important achievement.

Keeping up with everything I do requires some sacrifices, but once and a while I need to take some time to myself.

My ability is greater than my disability.

Self-belief is not self-centred. We can only fight effectively for others if we already believe in ourselves.

There are no greater or lesser arts, only greater or lesser artists.

Even a fool is wise after an event.

If you are marked by God, you don't need to be marketed by man.

I had a lot of negativity growing up, so I understand how to block the negativity out.

I don't think of myself as a Negro. I'm a Southerner. I just like the Southern way of life.

If people have multiple identities and deal with multiple realities, why should we expect them to be ontological purists?

If I'm going to be held captive by social media, I'm going to use it against itself.

At any given moment, I open my eyes and exist. And before that, during all eternity, what was there? Nothing.