Words matter. These are the best Natalia Vodianova Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
I live a very different life now, with incredible privileges, but looking back I realise that growing up in Russia gave me tools that other people don’t necessarily have – such as the will to push that bit further, to make things happen, to succeed.
I don’t mind being called ‘Supernova.’ If one nickname is going to stick, that’s not a bad one!
Moscow is a huge inspiration for me. I love what I find here, I love being here.
My appearance gave me access to a particular kind of world and I’m really grateful for it.
If you are ambitious you can have a moment of glory but it will most likely be temporary. But talent always finds its way out.
I love Yves Saint Laurent and Giambattista Valli and Givenchy, and I get given quite a lot, but perhaps nothing is as wonderful as the white fake leather trench coat I got when I was 15.
I know what it’s like not to have food in the fridge or money to buy more.
I raised my sister. I was six when she was born. My mother had to make a living for herself and it was very hard, so I was looking after my sister, cooking and cleaning, and she had four jobs.
I completely admire my mother for raising a child with cerebral palsy at home.
The people that live in my hometown do not walk along the street with smiles on their faces. It is a desperate place, but I got out.
If you never know hardship, you can’t really support people around you.
I was born in Nizhny Novgorod to a very poor family and unfortunately my father and mother separated when I was very little.
As a child I really didn’t like men at all, in fact.
I believe in reincarnation of the soul.
I learnt early to have little expectation so I protected myself from ever feeling greatly disappointed.
