“Modesty answers not the crude how of femininity, but the beautiful why.”

“I know of only two painters in the world,' said a newly introduced feminine enthusiast to Whistler, 'yourself and Velasquez.' 'Why,' answered Whistler in dulcet tones, 'why drag in Velasquez?”

“Nothing is worse than a beautiful girl fishing for compliments by saying how gross she is. On the flip side, I find genuine humility and modesty attractive.”

“[It] is all about the African woman, her beauty and how she makes herself beautiful. An African woman is therefore not to be messed up with or looked down upon because she’s feminine. Even though she’s beautiful, she’s strong and has a sense of pride.”

“What good is modesty? — It makes us seem more beautiful when we are beautiful, and less ugly when we are ugly.”

“I think of how and why and what happened and the thoughts come easily, but the answers don't.”

“I don't mind being burdened with being glamorous and sexual. Beauty and femininity are ageless and can't be contrived, and glamour, although the manufacturers won't like this, cannot be manufactured. Not real glamour; it's based on femininity.”

“My work is not about "form follows function," but "form follows beauty" or, even better, "form follows feminine."”

“If you can't love crudeness, how can you truly love mankind?”

“Nature shows us its artistic beauty that sciences explain the hows and religions contemplate the whys.”