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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. "
Lily Cole
Appreciate
Far Away
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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. "
Lily Cole
Thinking
Art
Doing
" I guess I try and learn all the time from every experience in life, so my thinking is a hybrid of everything. I'd have to attribute some of that to my work in the fashion industry - in some obscure way. "
Lily Cole
Time
Work
Experience
" I'm not against people buying clothes; I think clothes are wonderful, and I'm very materialistic myself - but there's a way of finding a compromise. I just think we can buy less and pay more, to make sure people aren't being exploited. "
Lily Cole
Finding
Clothes
People
" 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. "
Lily Cole
Always
Real
Culture
" I started modeling at 14. It's simple. You respond to what the photographer wants and wear other people's ideas. I got bored with it, though, so I went to university. "
Lily Cole
You
People
Modeling
" I don't think of myself as a role model for others, but I like to live my life by my own integrity. So, in that sense, I might be a positive influence. I do believe you should get over your insecurities and just try to be the best you can. "
Lily Cole
Positive
Integrity
Life
" The need to protect the environment has emerged as an undeniably important priority for me. "
Lily Cole
Need
Environment
Important
" As users of the Internet, we all have a role to play in defining what we want it to be. "
Lily Cole
Play
Defining
Internet
" 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. "
Lily Cole
Love
Paint
Sculpture
" Talent is crucial. It needs to be driven by motivation, but blind ambition isn't the key. "
Lily Cole
Key
Blind
Ambition
" With acting, if I'm any good at it, my modeling career would never be a hindrance but would rather be a help. And if I'm not, then it doesn't really matter. "
Lily Cole
Career
Modeling
Help
" It's not that I don't believe in creativity and innovation and new ideas, and the creativity that comes with fashion, which I really respect. But one of my biggest concerns is just how cheap we expect everything to be. "
Lily Cole
Innovation
Respect
Ideas
" I've always gone after fears and tried to stifle them by doing them. It is daunting, but it's more rewarding. "
Lily Cole
Tried
Always
Doing
" I'll always try to follow my heart into things I love, and modelling is not something I'm dreaming of pursuing forever. "
Lily Cole
Always
Heart
Follow
" I have made a living off the way I look, and I have really learnt to accept myself for being unusual. "
Lily Cole
Accept
Way
Off
" Acting is something I've done since I was six years old, performing for my mum and my family in the living room, and I do it because my heart's in it. "
Lily Cole
Heart
Done
Family
" Every time I have to try on a wig for work, I get excited about the colour; I've often thought about going for a platinum bob or also raven black, as it looks so great against pale skin. But I always end up being loyal to my red colour. "
Lily Cole
Great
Black
Thought
" In British culture, redheads get teased at school. But I've grown up enough to realize I love my hair. "
Lily Cole
Culture
Hair
Love
" It was a scandal when I did French 'Playboy' in 2008, though I was never actually nude in it. I think it's really funny that I'll have a cover of 'Playboy' to show my grandkids. "
Lily Cole
Did
Never
Playboy
" I have set up several businesses as social businesses, and I am a great believer that the power of business should be used for good. "
Lily Cole
Great
Good
Business
" 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. "
Lily Cole
Good
Relationship
Respect
" I usually have a lip balm in my bag and mascara as well. I don't really wear much make-up, but I like mascara because I've got fair colouring. "
Lily Cole
Got
Like
Well
" Giving triggers social cohesion. It's also the basis for an economy not based on money. "
Lily Cole
Giving
Economy
Money
" There's an inherent contradiction between appreciating the beauty of clothes and creativity and individuality, and the waste around the ideas of trends and seasons. "
Lily Cole
Seasons
Creativity
Ideas
" 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. "
Lily Cole
Lost
Strong
Travel
" I was of the type who gets bullied rather than the one who does the bullying, which I'm glad about. I'd rather be that than a bully. "
Lily Cole
Bullying
Bully
Who
" If I'm anywhere close to where I can hike or swim, that's my favourite thing to do. "
Lily Cole
Close
I Can
Swim
" People do make assumptions about models. That's their issue, not mine. It doesn't bother me because I'm comfortable enough in my own skin - I know who I am. "
Lily Cole
Know
Skin
I Am
" I've always cared about issues, always thought through problems. I don't know how much that comes from my personality or my mum. "
Lily Cole
Problems
Know
Personality
" Don't overpluck your eyebrows. A make-up artist told me this once, and I've always remembered it. "
Lily Cole
Remembered
Always
Artist