Paulina Porizkova

“I was an object. I was paid to be an object. I was a really good object.”

“Beauty, to me, is the exterior representation of the interior.”

“When you're told you're beautiful, you're not told you're smart or funny or kind. So you identify with the beautiful.”

“Being invisible is so much more painful than being criticized.”

“Wrinkles are the maps of your life. They're not ugly. They're just a part of who you are.”

“We are taught that the only way to be beautiful is to be young. That's a lie.”

“Feminism to me is about equality. It’s not about being better than men, it’s about being equal.”

“The only thing that's 'anti-aging' is a coffin.”

“I feel like I am in a new body. It's a body I don't recognize. It's a body I'm not entirely comfortable with. But it's my body.”

“The battle with age is a battle you can't win.”

“I will not be shamed for aging. I will not be made to feel 'less than' for no longer being young.”

“Aging is the privilege of living.”

“You can't heal what you don't acknowledge.”

“Vulnerability is not weakness. It's the ultimate show of strength.”

“I'm not looking for a man to complete me. I'm looking for a man to accept me completely.”

“My life is not a before and after. It is a continuum.”

“Sharing our stories is how we connect, how we heal, and how we learn we are not alone.”

“Grief is just love with no place to go.”

“I am finally comfortable in my own skin. It may be wrinkly, but it's mine.”