Liya Kebede Quotes

Design and style should work toward making you look good and feel good without a lot of effort so you can get on with the things that matter.

I don't believe in making fashion difficult.

I need to stop carving out four-hour chunks to do random things and go home and watch my children grow up.

I'm personally more of a low-maintenance type of person. I want things to be easy and quick, especially when it comes to getting dressed.

My mom had beautiful clothes. My mom is elegant; my mom is glamorous. But my mom is also really real, and I grew up with a mother who had babies crawling on her head and spitting up on her when she was wearing gorgeous, expensive things, and it was never an issue.

I take the six weeks of the school summer holidays off because I'm pretty sure I'm not going to look back on my life one day and say, 'Damn, I wish I hadn't spent so much time with my children.'

For fashion and beauty, I don't think you have to overthink it.

I have a utilitarian approach to dressing; as long as I quite like it and it covers me up, I don't care what it is.

Being an individual takes effort. Most people are pretty lazy. And that's OK! I mean, there are more important things than fashion. If it's going to stress you out to have a sense of style, don't do it. The important thing is to be comfortable so you can get on with your life.

I wear no makeup in real life. I'm very simple. That may be why I go over the top for the red carpet. But otherwise, I'm very plain. I should make more of an effort, actually.

We sit down with the kids every single night, not that I want to every night - sometimes I'd rather be out with my husband having a martini at a swanky restaurant - but we sit down with our kids every night at dinner.

I just didn't work that much while the kids were growing up.

To me luxury is to be at home with my daughter, and the occasional massage doesn't hurt.

I've always said that kids should enhance your life, not hinder your life, so I just try to make the most out of being with my kids. You have to have a life for yourself somewhere in the mix of being a wife and mum.

I have my hands full with my kids and so romance is not high on my list of priorities.

Daily life shouldn't be a fashion show all the time.

My children are the focal point of my life. I was asking for a little more time to spend with them.

The biggest challenge in my life is getting all these kids raised. I've helped with nieces, stepchildren and my own son, so the biggest challenge is making sure the kids are raised and finding enough quality time with them.

Sometimes I think, 'Why should I work out when I can spend time with my kids?' I feel guilty doing something for me.

In my house, when I don't bring any makeup, when wearing comfortable clothes and when I'm playing with my kids, that's the moment where I feel the most beautiful.

Late at night, I train after I put my kids to bed because putting my kids to bed is very important to me. I have three daughters; they are 8, 6, and soon to be 4. So I train after they go to bed.

Mothers are the heart of any household. I try to spend as much time with my children as I possibly can while also fulfilling my professional duties. It is tricky, but I think I manage it.

As far as style goes, I gravitate toward anything that is effortlessly chic. I don't wanna look like I'm trying too hard.

I don't spend as much time on my hair as people think. I get out of the shower, whack some grease on there and I'm done.

I love when I go out and I have my hair and makeup done, but I also like it when I'm just with the family because that's real.