13 Quotes by Iman Iman

He doesn't cook or shop or do anything. Not because he's a rock star, but because I wouldn't trust him. He can't even boil water.

Our grandparents' home had racial slander and cursing on the garage door, and on the vehicle.

We are not women of color. I am a woman with skin of color. I am not an ethnicity, but a skin tone. That's why my book covers everything from a blond and blue-eyed Brazilian to a woman from the Philippines who may be as dark as I am.

You find Latin girls who are as dark or darker than I am, so it wasn't about where they came from, ... I think people just like to celebrate their own beauty now rather than be put into a box.

I wanted to do something other than just sign books, ... I thought that by doing makeovers I could make this more of an interactive thing. So I have makeup artists there and I do a little Q and A. I just want to make myself available. I want them to feel that I will treat them as well as I would any celebrity. Some people may not think it is my forte, but I am actually very approachable -- unlike my photographs.

A self-esteem issue doesn't change whether you're considered beautiful or not because it's about what's inside you,

as impossible to remove as leather pants in 98-degree weather.

This country has really moved on to a more multicultural way of thinking, ... I just want to celebrate the women. Sure this is all about makeup, but it's also about some other things that are more deeply rooted. I just want to open a dialogue where we can talk about these things, where we can define our own beauty and approve of ourselves. We have to approve of ourselves before anyone else will. Women need to celebrate their God-given beauty instead of always trying to be something else.

All of you know the neighborhoods that harbor terrorists, the tribes that have terrorists and those that don't,