I'm almost 50, so I obviously don't have the same body that I had when I was 20. But I also don't have the same mindset either, when I was wracked with self-consciousness and insecurity. Now I really appreciate my maturity as a woman, my depth of spirit and soul and my understanding of who I am and what's important to me.

Elle Macpherson

Categorized in : Self Who I Am Maturity

It's not vanity to feel you have a right to be beautiful. Women are taught to feel we're not good enough, that we must live up to someone else's standards. But my aim is to cherish myself as I am.

Elle Macpherson

vanity fashion beautiful

You have nothing to sell except for the image: The image is everything.

Elle Macpherson

fashion-industry sells

I feel beautiful when I'm at peace with myself. When I'm serene, when I'm a good person, when I've been considerate of others.

Elle Macpherson

good-person beautiful quiet

I used to wear heels because I wanted to show people I wasn't ashamed of being tall.

Elle Macpherson

ashamed used people

The birth of my sons. The birth of new emotions...what a privilege. What a blessing.

Elle Macpherson

blessing baby son

I come from a country where you don't wear clothes most of the year. Nudity is the most natural state.

Elle Macpherson

clothes country years

If I have a choice between putting my kids to bed and going to a party, I'll put my kids to bed. If I have a choice of going to a restaurant or having friends round, I'll have friends round. Every time.

Elle Macpherson

party choices kids

I wanted so badly to study ballet, but it was really all about wearing the tutu.

Elle Macpherson

firefighter ballet study

Underwear is such an emotional thing.

Elle Macpherson

underwear emotional feel-good

If your wearing lingerie that makes you feel glamorous, you're halfway thereto turning heads.

Elle Macpherson

lingerie glamorous fashion

I think that natural beauty is very charismatic... I just believe in enhancing who we are rather than trying to manipulate or change it too much.

Elle Macpherson

love-you believe thinking

I've always found it very difficult to understand the laws as far as nudity in America - how some things are pornographic and some things are not pornographic. It's against the law to go topless on the beach, but you can go buy a gun. That just seems so absurd to me.

Elle Macpherson

gun law beach

I don't believe we own our children, they're their own souls who make their own choices, we just guide and support them.

Elle Macpherson

choices believe children

I wish somebody had told me to start using sunscreen when I was younger 'cause I grew up in the '70s... and at that time, I used to coat my body with baby oil. I think it's so important that we learn to be as careful as we possibly can and not only for beauty, but for skincare.

Elle Macpherson

oil baby thinking

I don't have a problem with nudity. I never have. I was born naked. I'd like to buried naked. It's a way of life in Australia.

Elle Macpherson

naked australia way

A celebrity name is never enough for an intelligent mass market... truly successful businesses are born of passion and heartfelt interest.

Elle Macpherson

passion intelligent successful

Being a public person doesn't necessarily mean you're a piece of meat for everybody.

Elle Macpherson

pieces meat mean

I like colourful knickers, but most importantly a great pair of knickers should be taken off with more joy than they were put on.

Elle Macpherson

pairs taken joy

Acting and modeling have nothing to do with each other.

Elle Macpherson

modeling acting

Anyway, I believe you don't fix the inside by putting something on the outside.

Elle Macpherson

i-believe believe