It’s the 4th of July, and there’s no better way to celebrate #ThrowbackThursdays than with the greatest American beauty of all time, Marilyn Monroe. Even over a half century after her death, she’s widely considered the most beautiful woman ever to have graced the earth. She was a pretty smart cookie, too. In fact, one of her favourite topics to wax philosophic over was beauty. Here are her best quotes on the topic…
Marilyn Monroe’s best beauty quotes:
“I don’t mind being burdened with being glamorous and sexual. Beauty and femininity are ageless and can’t be contrived, and glamour, although the manufacturers won’t like this, cannot be manufactured. Not real glamour; it’s based on femininity.”
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“I want to grow old without facelifts. I want to have the courage to be loyal to the face I have made.”
“What do I wear in bed? Why, Chanel No. 5, of course.”
“To all the girls that think you’re fat because you’re not a size zero, you’re the beautiful one, it’s society who’s ugly.”
“Your clothes should be tight enough to show you’re a woman but loose enough to show you’re a lady.”
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“Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it’s better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.”
“If you’re gonna be two-faced at least make one of them pretty.”
“Give a girl the right shoes, and she can conquer the world.”
“No one ever told me I was pretty when I was a little girl. All little girls should be told they’re pretty, even if they aren’t.”
“Beneath the makeup and behind the smile I am just a girl who wishes for the world.”
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“We are all of us stars, and we deserve to twinkle.”
“I don’t mind making jokes, but I don’t want to look like one.”
“The body is meant to be seen, not all covered up.”
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“Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are.”
“I’m very definitely a woman and I enjoy it.”
“If I play a stupid girl and ask a stupid question, I’ve got to follow it through, what am I supposed to do, look intelligent?”
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“A sex symbol becomes a thing. I hate being a thing.”
“I said pour yourself a drink, put on some lipstick, and pull yourself together.”
