Veruschka Quotes & Sayings

I know that there are many things I could do, but I'm not interested. It's more important to be loving and to have a lively mind. — Veruschka Von Lehndorff

Giving opens the door to abundance. — Debasish Mridha

My parents led this double life. They were in the underground movement to bring down the Nazis. My father was hanged for being a traitor. — Veruschka Von Lehndorff

The spirit of God dwells in you. Recognize the great power and might of your divine-self. — Lailah Gifty Akita

And he would listen, making only a few comments, always sympathetic, so that when I left him I had the distinct impression he had solved everything for me. — Anne Rice

In order to pursue excellence one must recognize mediocrity. — Geoffroy Birtz

No men who really think deeply about women retain a high opinion of them — Otto Weininger

In the Sixties, fashion was about liberation. It was about setting women free; it wasn't about being unable to walk. — Veruschka Von Lehndorff

I don't eat bad stuff too much but I have my glass of wine as I am French and it would be insulting not to. — Gilles Marini

We've had Audrey Hepburn, we've had Twiggy, we've had Veruschka, we've had Kate Moss. I'm trying to figure out why I am to blame for skinniness. — Rachel Zoe

You have to learn to get up from the table when love is no longer being served. — Nina Simone

I dressed all in black and went to see all the top photographers, like Irving Penn, and said, 'I am Veruschka who comes from the border between Russia, Germany and Poland. I'd like to see what you can do with my face.' — Veruschka Von Lehndorff

I do love fashion. I certainly wouldn't suffer all the stress that comes with it if I didn't really love it. I always talk about the team of people I work with every day. They share that passion. — Marc Jacobs

I hid all the things I was feeling
and indeed I did not know what they were, except that all the peace of that autumnal journey was gone — C.S. Lewis

You have no control [over natural disaster]. That's what's scary about it. You're helpless. That feeling of helplessness is really scary. — R.L. Stine

At Bob Dylan's induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988, Bruce Springsteen described hearing Dylan's music for the very first time. Springsteen was fifteen, he said, riding in the car with his mother, idly listening to the radio, when "Like a Rolling Stone" came on. It was as though, Springsteen recalled, "somebody took his boot and kicked open the door to your mind." His mother's verdict: "That man can't sing." Mrs. Springsteen's response reminds us that we don't all react the same way to the same experience - and her son's reminds us that life holds moments when our perspective dramatically shifts, when our assumptions are deeply challenged, when we see new possibilities or sense for the first time that whatever has been holding us back from freedom or creativity or new ventures might actually be overcome. There — Sharon Salzberg

It has not been hard to grow older, because I believe if you have something you believe in, that will keep you alive far more than plastic surgery or Botox. — Veruschka Von Lehndorff

Fame, I mean, it's like a bubble, in a way. It's like something glittery, and it goes, and it can be forgotten fast. — Veruschka Von Lehndorff

As anywhere else, political instability provided an opportunity for local scores to be settled, for personal grievances to be aired, for heroes to be acclaimed and discarded, giving full reign to the fickle fortunes of war. — Charles Emmerson