Lily Cole Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“I'll always try to follow my heart into things I love, and modelling is not something I'm dreaming of pursuing forever.”

“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.”

“There are so many great, great vintage clothes to find; there's a whole territory unexplored there.”

“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.”

“America has had an influence on me, as has going out with a Cuban-American guy and having lots of American friends. But I am still fundamentally British and speak with a British accent and feel very English.”

“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.”

“I don't personally follow trends; I don't even like the idea of trends. I think it's kind of absurd that you have to change every six months, so I always try and buy things that hopefully I'll like forever, and resonate with me.”

“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.”

“I think a lot of the most interesting work in art and in films are often kind of polarized opinions and affect people in very different ways, which may be less successful commercially, but they elicit a dialogue that's quite interesting.”

“I think models have a lot less power than they did in the '80s, when there were, like, only 10 supermodels who could dictate the rules, whereas now there's so many, and that changes the power dynamic and makes it a more insecure business.”