116 Quotes by Alek Wek

I've always loved to paint - I was studying to do an art degree when I was approached to become a model - and I've being doing some design work as well. I also love just having a quiet time, sitting in my little library at home in Brooklyn and reading or watching documentaries or listening to music.

I like unique little boutique hotels, such as Blakes in London.

There's never too much you can do.

I've eight brothers and sisters - five girls, four boys. I am the seventh.

My commitment to refugees comes from a very personal place.

I know how it feels to go hungry.

For me, you have to have some kind of modesty.

The fact that designers like Lagerfeld, Gaultier, Galliano and Dior could believe in Alek made me believe in myself, too.

It's an awful feeling, being hungry.