98 Quotes by Lily Cole

I think the media are so hypocritical a lot of the time in the way they chastise something just so that they can print it again.

I take my books everywhere. Plane journeys are a good opportunity to study, or also when I'm having my hair done.

I love modeling but also see it as a platform for the million other things I want to achieve and create in life.

I've always cared about issues, always thought through problems. I don't know how much that comes from my personality or my mum.

There's an inherent contradiction between appreciating the beauty of clothes and creativity and individuality, and the waste around the ideas of trends and seasons.

Modelling, fashion and film have all encouraged me to learn more about issues and to feel empowered enough to do something about them.

Acting is something I've done since I was six years old, performing for my mum and my family in the living room, and I do it because my heart's in it.

I think models have a lot less power than they did in the '80s, when there were, like, only 10 supermodels who could dictate the rules, whereas now there's so many, and that changes the power dynamic and makes it a more insecure business.

I was of the type who gets bullied rather than the one who does the bullying, which I’m glad about. I’d rather be that than a bully.