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I didn't grow up thinking I was pretty; there was always a prettier girl than me. So I learned to be smart and tried to be funny and develop the inside of me, because I felt like that's what I had.

People tend not to use this word beauty because it's not intellectual - but there has to be an overlap between beauty and intellect.

Well, I've never looked upon myself as being a beauty, per se.

I grew up in a family where we weren't allowed to talk about beauty or to put any emphasis on physical appearance.

A lot of people have no access to beauty. When I was growing up, my mother had only a few pretty things to look at.

I try to figure out - intellectually, philosophically, psychologically - what the experience of beauty is.

Beauty is about perception, not about make-up. I think the beginning of all beauty is knowing and liking oneself. You can't put on make-up, or dress yourself, or do you hair with any sort of fun or joy if you're doing it from a position of correction.

I think beauty comes from within, and society paints a ridiculous picture.

I remember reminding myself that beauty is an opinion, not a fact. And it has always made me feel better.

It took a long while for me to know that I'm beautiful. I remember going through this phase when I was younger of wanting to pass by mirrors and not look at them. That was so ridiculous. I've learned now that beauty starts from within.