People get numbed when they see picture after picture, year in and year out, of people starving. Iman Read Quote
I didn’t start exercising until the end of my modeling career. When you’re young, you eat and drink what you want and stay up all night and still look good. Iman Read Quote
There are some people who have helped to advance me and other girls, but the fashion industry is always behind popular culture. They think they understand the zeitgeist. They don’t know anything about the zeitgeist. Iman Read Quote
There is a lot of noise out there. I don’t want to follow the trend – I want to create the trend. Iman Read Quote
I can enjoy what I’m engaged in and be fully present rather than planning my answers to questions while someone else is speaking or thinking about my next appointment while my current engagement is still in in progress. Iman Read Quote
I speak five languages besides mine. I went to school in Egypt because girls weren’t allowed to go to school in Saudi Arabia. It’s very restricting, especially for girls; we’re not allowed to go anywhere. Iman Read Quote
I tell all my younger friends, ‘Don’t be afraid of change. That is when you truly see what your destiny is.’ Iman Read Quote
I’ll be truly happy when we’re not counting the number of ethnically diverse models on a fashion runway or campaign, when having a representation of the entire human race is the norm and not an exception. Iman Read Quote
