41 Quotes by Paloma Elsesser

It's not fair for little kids to feel bad about themselves for how they look.

I went to private school my whole life. Growing up in Los Angeles, you're surrounded by not just Connecticut privilege but, like, your-dad's-a-movie-star privilege.

It took a lot for me to be able to say that I'm a plus-size model or a model at all without feeling terror or this kind of panic, because it was something so unplanned.

I originally went to school for writing, for non-fiction. I'm specifically a poetry major within literature, but I don't know.

The more and more I got into writing, the harder and harder it became for me. I still love it, but it became much more problematic than I thought it would be.

I went to small liberal schools my whole life, and I was also a bad girl in high school; I went to, like, five schools.

New York has influenced me a lot in terms of my own independence. I'm really struck by the idea of authenticity, and I think New York embodies that idea, even though people are like, 'I miss the old New York.' But at its core, it has this natural, authentic energy. L.A. lacks that idea; it's painted over.

I moved to New York for school right after I turned 18, but I started getting into trouble - so I went home to L.A. to regroup.

My version of makeup is a really intense skin regimen. I just think it's a healthier way to look at beauty.