Eileen Ford Professions : Businesswoman Browse All Authors Top 25 quotes by Eileen Ford I never worry about fat people worrying about thin people, because slender people bury the dead. Eileen Ford fat dead never people I live in a wonderful world of make-believe. A world of Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire. A world of Winnie the Pooh and Edward Bear. Things like that. Wonderful things. Funny things. Eileen Ford live things funny world I'm afraid to go to sleep; I don't like to lose control of myself. I don't like chauffeurs, either. I like to be in charge of my own destiny. Eileen Ford lose myself destiny sleep I really prefer light-eyed models, They photograph more easily. Of course, I come from a light-eyed background, so maybe that influenced my taste. Eileen Ford background more photograph taste American women mean a great deal to me. They're such lost souls, particularly the women of my generation. And women need so much help. They never have anyone to turn to. I help them understand how they can look better, how to do this, do that, get a job. And they're very trusting. Like little lost kids. Eileen Ford great look me women Most of our models have just walked in off the streets, although I also find them on countless trips to Europe - particularly Scandinavia. I operate by instinct. It's a process I cannot explain, but the prettiest girl on the block is not always the best model. Eileen Ford best always girl process I had a nice, pert nose but a plain round face and a mop of curly brown hair. That was not the photograph of a successful model. Eileen Ford face nice photograph hair I got everything I wanted from my parents: Brooks Brothers sweaters and Spalding saddle shoes. Eileen Ford got parents everything shoes None of the people I grew up with had identity problems. We all had perfectly marvelous lives. Eileen Ford problems up identity people I feel that my ideas of beauty have been given very strong backing by Botticelli and a few others: Slender hands, long neck, long limbs - look at Nefertiti. She was very teensy-weensy with a long neck and wide-spaced eyes. Eileen Ford eyes look beauty long My family believed I could do no wrong. That's probably why I have utter confidence in myself even when I shouldn't have. Eileen Ford wrong myself confidence family The horrible thing about being me is that I have a very good eye about what people look like. Even me. Eileen Ford good look me people I create a look, and I create a style. Eileen Ford create look style I can't add above 10, I can't draw a stick figure, and I'm tone deaf. So I had to be able to do something. I found that something was picking successful models. Eileen Ford above something deaf successful Grace Kelly was a very commercial model; she had no interest in being a fashion model. None at all. Eileen Ford she being fashion grace I interview about three thousand models yearly, and I must see almost 20 tons of excess avoirdupois annually. Eileen Ford interview about see three Our business was built on trust. Eileen Ford our built trust business Most models are emotionally abandoned. They need me. I'm their mother. Eileen Ford need me abandoned mother Models are a business, and they have to treat themselves as a business, which means they have to take care of themselves and give up all the young joys. Eileen Ford treat take-care care business We couldn't afford to move, so we decided to start up a model agency. Eileen Ford afford model start up Similar Authors Adrienne Maloof businesswoman Anne Sweeney businesswoman Angela Ahrendts businesswoman Ana Patricia Botin businesswoman Ivanka Trump businesswoman Afeni Shakur businesswoman All Authors
