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" I have to admit I've always had quite a complex relationship with modeling and with the idea of advertising: not always knowing what I'm advertising and selling. "
Lily Cole
Had
Modeling
Relationship
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" The average Londoner knows just one neighbour. I travel a lot, and I'm always surprised by the strong sense of community in some countries. We've lost something fundamentally human, and we don't even realise it. "
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" I paint - I tend more to abstraction - but not as much as I would like to because of time. I would love to do sculpture - I've toyed with the idea of fitting in a sculpture course. "
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" As the generalization goes about the art industry, people can be really challenging and thought-provoking in their thinking and questioning the status quo, and it's really important that the status quo can be questioned and that there are people doing that. "
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" I've always cared about issues, always thought through problems. I don't know how much that comes from my personality or my mum. "
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" It's hard to appreciate the importance of the rainforest because it seems so far away, but it's vital to the survival of the planet as we know it. "
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" Giving triggers social cohesion. It's also the basis for an economy not based on money. "
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" The relationship between art and a job is not quite linear, but I really love any and all manifestations of art, really respect any kind of artistic impulse, whether it's paintings and sculptures or really good filmmaking or music. I really see the relationships between these different mediums as very fluid. "
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" I've always gone after fears and tried to stifle them by doing them. It is daunting, but it's more rewarding. "
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" I love modeling but also see it as a platform for the million other things I want to achieve and create in life. "
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" I was like most teenagers. I wanted to look more conventional - you know, to just be the pretty girl in school. "
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" I don't believe there's an afterlife - but I don't believe there's an end to life. Consciousness goes beyond the bounds of your body. "
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" Marilyn Monroe and Vivienne Leigh are real icons of mine. In terms of visual culture, they are both so iconic. There weren't any paparazzi shots of them falling out of taxis, so they will always look so incredible. "
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" I always used to love couture because it was more theatrical than the runways. The runways always felt more like part of the machine. "
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" Talent is crucial. It needs to be driven by motivation, but blind ambition isn't the key. "
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" Don't overpluck your eyebrows. A make-up artist told me this once, and I've always remembered it. "
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" There are so many great, great vintage clothes to find; there's a whole territory unexplored there. "
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" It doesn't make me very happy to be on my computer all the time. I've never been drawn to that world. "
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" There is a degree of role-playing in modeling, for sure, and you're also in a high-profile job - there are lots of similarities for sure. But when I'm acting, I've got to try and be present, and I've got to be emotionally committed to a character, both physically and intellectually. "
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" I think the media are so hypocritical a lot of the time in the way they chastise something just so that they can print it again. "
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