Lupita Nyong'o Quotes

I know now that it's really important to feel beautiful. There is a power to that.

I go to the gym in the morning without any makeup on. Sorry, guys, if you think I'm ugly, but I don't know anybody who goes to the gym with makeup on.

I hope to inspire others to be confident in their own skin and to love themselves with makeup or without.

If you're comfortable in your own skin, you will feel beautiful - and look beautiful to others, too.

I am not pretty. I am not beautiful. I am as radiant as the sun.

You can't be beautiful," Brandy says about a thousand times, "until you feel beautiful.

It seems to be unfathomable to people that I just happen to be 49 and look good. I am totally capable of accepting myself.

You should see me without makeup.

Personally, I don't ever want to depend on makeup to feel beautiful.

When I meet young girls, I'm always like, 'Just do me one favour. Love what you look like right now - and remember I said it 10 years from now because it's the greatest gift I can give.'

The sweetest thing a guy said is that I look pretty with or without makeup.

I'm not a girl who needs to put on a whole face of make-up before I leave the house.

I certainly used to wish that I was skinny, lighter-skinned, with long, pretty hair. But only because I used to get made fun of for being the absolute opposite. I didn't see all of that stuff as the American Dream. I just wanted to look normal. Now that I'm older, I really do feel like I am a beautiful girl.

I just feel like growing up in Los Angeles, you learn, 'Well you're never gonna be the prettiest girl in the room, so just don't even try.' I mean, I care about being pretty, but it's not my most valued thing.

I'm not a supermodel. I make the best of what I've got.

A woman has no need to be perfect or even beautiful to wear my dresses. The dress will do all that for her.

I never in a million years thought I would be the person to go to for self-esteem; that was not my intent. But I happen to love beauty, I love the way people look, and I love making women look beautiful.

For me, it's about not being too aware of what you look like because if you are, you're trying too hard and I don't think that actually makes you look good... I've known from very early on that I don't look perfect.

What we all learn is that beauty isn't a size 2. It's not a size 4. It's not a size 12. It's how you feel.

Maybe it's my age, but I know I look good, so I'm not going to look like another person suddenly because I don't have makeup on - same hair, same person.

I feel that we all have missions and purposes in life. Part of mine is allowing women to feel beautiful in whatever they put on - or don't put on.

I like to make the best of what I have. I'm not a supermodel, clearly. I'm not a makeup artist. I'm a real woman.

I love when a woman doesn't have to put on makeup.

Acceptance is being able to feel beautiful in whatever you feel comfortable in.

I like when a man has a positive self-image, no matter what he looks like. I'm not into rock-hard abs.