Nicole Fosse Quotes

We all have idols. Play like anyone you care about but try to be yourself while you're doing so.

I think a lot of girls look up to me because I'm a strong woman.

There are people we look up to, like Lady Gaga and what she's built. She's not afraid to own who she is.

Linda Hamilton is my hero. She was so tough and so strong and so vulnerable at the same time. I think that's what woman action figures are allowed to be: vulnerable, in a way that women are.

I'm inspired by people who are unapologetically themselves, from Bill Cosby to Fahim Anwar. Just funny people.

I am a woman. I think I have the spirit, the intelligence, and - dare I say - the soul of a woman.

People always ask me who my role models are and who I want to be like, and I don't wanna be like anybody; I wanna be me. I look up to a lot of people, and they have had great influences on me, but I wanna be original and different.

A lot of Asian girls love being basic because it's safe. But the thing is, a lot of my fans are those girls, and they want to be bolder, but there's no one they could look up to and be like, 'It's OK to be that way.'

I remember watching Margaret Cho with my grandmother on TV. She was my hero, not only because she was funny, but because she showed me that it's okay to be yourself, that it's okay to be a brash yellow girl and to be a strong and brave woman.

I just want to inspire people to be different.

Girls' strength lies in its diversity, and its members have walked in a lot of borrowed shoes to make it that way. 'Solitude' is a bold and sweet example of inspiration trumping originality.

I look to many different women for inspiration but try to make things my own.

There is only one woman in the world. One woman, with many faces.

Be daring, be different, be impractical, be anything that will assert integrity of purpose and imaginative vision against the play-it-safers, the creatures of the commonplace, the slaves of the ordinary.

I've never really tried to copy anyone; I like to have my own style.

No man was ever great by imitation.

I always try to be a trend setter. That's what I always tell young people when I'm giving them advice. To go with their heart and don't follow the trends.

My mom was a source of strength. She showed me by example that women, regardless of how difficult life may get, can do it all.

One of my core values is to help redefine what it means to be a strong and beautiful woman in the music and fashion worlds and to empower the wonderful things that make us unique.

Each kid is unique in what captures their attention and their passion.

I love Lady Gaga. She's not afraid to take risks and be herself.

I'm different, and I'm not afraid to be different.

In a society that tries to standardize thinking, individuality is not highly prized.

I never look at other people's work. My mind has to be completely focused on my own illusions.

Be brave enough to live life creatively. The creative place where no one else has ever been.