Tavi Gevinson Quotes

When I was in school, I got there on the first day and everyone had long, blonde, straight hair, and I had short, dark, curly hair. I immediately felt I didn't fit in and started growing my hair. But I've learned that I'm only happy when I am truly me and feel comfortable and confident in myself.

I want to encourage women to embrace their own uniqueness. Because just like a rose is beautiful, so is a sunflower, so is a peony. I mean, all flowers are beautiful in their own way, and that's like women too.

What grows from our head is something that we should love. The larger society can love it or not, but it's not their decision to make.

I'm beautiful in my way 'cause God makes no mistakes. I'm on the right track baby, I was born this way.

To hang out in a gay bar or put on a sequined halter top makes me feel like a total person.

It used to bother me - having bigger, fuller brows. I even plucked them once so I'd fit in, but I hated them and couldn't wait for them to grow back. Now I embrace them. I realized the quirky things that make you different are what make you beautiful.

I want the world to see my body.

I have beauty, intelligence, individuality, sensuality and sexuality.

It really comes down to being able to inspire others by being comfortable with yourself. You have to show girls that everyone is different; everyone has things they don't like, but they work it and walk the runway.

With L'Oreal, I get to be Aimee Mullins, model. No qualifier. And that means everything to me.

Being yourself is very sexy, you know?

I have always felt extremely weird. But I am very happy with my weirdnesses, and I want other people to be very happy with theirs.

Whipping your hair means not being afraid to be yourself.

People are embracing the thing that made them different growing up instead of letting that thing elicit shame.

I always felt different as a kid, and the Kinks were like, 'Yeah, we're the Kinks.' Celebrate your difference; don't be afraid of your sense of humor, or your personality, or who you are. It emboldened me.

I like 'me'/'I' songs.

I was never raised as the daughter with vitiligo or the granddaughter with vitiligo or the cousin with vitiligo. I was just Chantelle.

I've never wanted to be anybody else, and I never thought anybody else could be me more than me.

I think I'm pretty confident, and I know I'm different than everyone else, so I'm going to do what's me.

Never be ashamed of who you are, your story, or how you react to situations. Don't ever be ashamed of how you communicate with people. Don't ever be ashamed of the person you are. Be you.

I want any kid who listens to my music to see that I am confident with all elements of my personality that I can't change.

Kids will tell me 'oh I want to be like you when I grow up,' you know. I just thought 'nah, don't be like me, be like you,' because first of all they don't really know me but second of all I understand what they're trying to say but I just let them know - be like you.

Key is never be afraid of being yourself. Never!

I have read a lot about what I am and who I am: 'mini,' a copy, simply 'more of the same.' Dear delegates, I stand before you as I am and as life made me and I am proud of that.

I just want to be someone who stands up for being herself.