I have started my own foundation. It's called Follow Your Art. It's at its infancy but my goal is to mentor teenage girls through one of the most difficult times in their lives.

I am inspired by anything beautiful. Sometime it's a pair of eyes or flowing gorgeous hair, other times it's the sky or a sunset. I've been inspired by supple skin or the texture of a soft shirt.

Hi, I'm Nadine Velazquez, and my green tip is: recycle.

I have a scar on my right arm from my ex-husband. He was cooking and he had a hot pot and he turned around and went right into my arm.

I would love to have a drink with Meryl Streep or Prince. Those are my top two people I would love to talk to.

Other thoughtful year-round gestures to staff included silver picture frames for wedding anniversaries, flowers to ailing spouses, additional checks for medical bills and even a pet dog

The basic purpose of a liberal arts education is to liberate the human being to exercise his or her potential to the fullest.

The pictures present an improvised view of life as normal. Life is shown as we think we see it but in fact never do. The pictures imitate life to find a way out.

It's about thinking that being blonde and slim and perfect will automatically bring you happiness, and then discovering that life is full of as many disappointments as there were before.

There's a saying in Africa: To find out you are pregnant is to have one foot in the grave.

I don't know why I have these dreams. I've never wanted to be Pope. In fact, I have a greater affinity to Martin Luther.

Turn it over to the universe daily.. but it should never be a chore.

How weird that must be, to stay the same as everyone else changes.

Learning is not done to you, it is something you choose to do.

You’re the most important thing in the world to me. I know you don’t believe it, but I’m going to prove it to you.