68 Quotes by Cameron Russell

Even if I did give a good talk, is what I have to say more important and interesting than what Colin Powell said?

Fashion is capitalism, and it will be fixed by what the market demands.

The rise of the Internet and the camera phone have started to change what stories are accessible.

Once you are a model, you do have to fly a million red-eye flights, and you do have to entertain a different client every single day.

It's going to sound ridiculous, but knowing how to pose, how to maintain a level of engagement and variation for a day of shooting, is actually a skill.

The barrier to entry, to being a model, is not hard work. You don't need a degree. You don't need to win an award. It's just about how you look.

I haven't done the profoundly impactful work many TED speakers have.

In 2007, a very inspired New York University Ph.D. student counted all the models on the runway, every single one that was hired, and of the 677 models that were hired, only 27, or less than four per cent, were non-white.

Becoming a model was very counter-culture for my background, which is hyper-liberal, academic and feminist.