606 Quotes by Madonna Ciccone

The essence of femininity is to absolutely love being a woman.

I'm disciplined. And I'm persevering. And I don't give up very easily... and I'm reliable.

I'd love to be a memorable figure in the history of entertainment in some sexual, comic, tragic way. I'd like to leave the impression that Marilyn Monroe did, to be able to arouse so many different feelings in people.

I don't even remember why I called myself an idiot. I can be very harshly critical of myself. It depends on my mood, and obviously it depends on where I am in my life. Yes, embracing myself - I'm working on that.

There are certain mystical belief systems that believe that taking pictures takes an aspect of the soul, but beyond that it's just the idea that once you're captured in a photograph, then a million presumptions are made of you, and you are forever frozen in that one moment, and you are perceived to be the embodiment of that moment, and that, of course, is an illusion.

I guess some people are brilliant enough to be brilliant on their own and never doubt anything and come up with fabulous things. But I think it's good to get into arguments with people and have them say, 'That sucks' or 'You're crazy' or 'That's cheesy' or 'What do you think of this?'

I tried to be a boy, I tried to be a girl, I tried to be a mess.

I worked for everything that I got and I worked long and hard before I got to this point so when I got it I thought I deserve it.

I like film soundtracks. I like the soundtracks better than the movies.