83 Quotes by Elle Macpherson

I feel beautiful when I’m at peace with myself.

I don’t believe we own our children, they’re their own souls who make their own choices, we just guide and support them.

Focusing on the way I look makes me uncomfortable. I try to focus on the way I feel – I know what makes me feel better about myself. Reading my child a story makes me feel great, doing my hair nicely doesn’t.

I went to America on holiday when I was 17 and, before I knew it, I’d been signed up by an agency and had these obligations I didn’t understand, but which I couldn’t say no to. This industry chose me. But I did choose to make it fulfilling.

Having children is my greatest achievement. It was my saviour. It switched my focus from the outside to the inside. My children are gifts, they remind me of what’s important.

I feel beautiful when I’m at peace with myself. When I’m serene, when I’m a good person, when I’ve been considerate of others.

I don’t have a problem with nudity. I never have. I was born naked. I’d like to buried naked. It’s a way of life in Australia.

I’ve always found it very difficult to understand the laws as far as nudity in America – how some things are pornographic and some things are not pornographic. It’s against the law to go topless on the beach, but you can go buy a gun. That just seems so absurd to me.

I come from a country where you don’t wear clothes most of the year. Nudity is the most natural state.