95 Quotes by Iman

At the end of the day, my legacy will not be modelling but my cosmetics line.

Modeling gave me so many experiences, like traveling and being exposed to global cultures, but the most valuable lesson has been working with designers who truly are visionaries in their field.

I beg you, don't use the verb, 'discover', I hate it. What does it mean, that I didn't exist before?

My looks have changed. I have laugh lines - not wrinkles.

The day you settle for less is the day you will get less.

We never wore burkas because Somalis had our own culture.

The people who are the most successful in life are not stopped by fear.

I'm always criticised by other Somalis and Muslims for what I'm doing as a model and married to a white man and all that.

I was under 18, and to leave Kenya to come to the United States, to get a passport, you had to be 18. So I lied and said I was 19 to get the passport, because otherwise, I had to have permission from my parents, and my parents would never have let me come.