I spent much of my life hiding.

No amount of makeup can mask an ugly heart.

That's why I began doing makeup in the first place: I was hoping that through helping people see the beauty in themselves, I could try and find it in me.

The fact is, there really is no such thing as 'normal' - everybody's different, and that is the essence of their beauty

Today I see beauty everywhere I go, in every face I see, in every single soul, and sometimes even in myself.

Perfection is boring. If a face doesn't have mistakes, it's nothing.

Glamour is not self-conscious; it’s not trying really hard. It’s just expressing your own truth. I think that’s what the essence of glamour really is—expressing your uniqueness.

Beauty might bring happiness, but happiness always brings beauty.

For me, beauty is synonymous with uniqueness . . . perfection is mundane, boring, and emotionless. It is by celebrating the differences in others that we can begin to accept our own individuality.

Life is too short to spend hoping that the perfectly arched eyebrow or hottest new lip shade will mask an ugly heart.

It's our hearts and brains that we should exercise more often. You can put on all the makeup you want, but it won't make your soul pretty.

I've done my best, and I begin to understand what is meant by 'the joy of strife'. Next to trying and winning, the best thing is trying and failing.

Through music we may wander where we will in time, and find friends in every century.

LIFE IS A MAGIC, GOD IS THE MAGICIAN

The purpose of education is not to fill a vessel but to kindle a flame.

I don't think there's any accidents in my life.

It's usually important to me to get my idea out first because a lot of times my ideas will seem weird to musicians.

I'm sorry I kissed you- it was selfish and it upset you- but you can't ask me to pretend I didnt want to.

I am so 100 percent Swedish... Someone has said a Swede is like a bottle of ketchup - nothing and nothing and then all at once - splat. I think I'm a little like that.

I think half of our life is written out for us and things happen the way their supposed to happen.

America is a mistake, admittedly a gigantic mistake, but a mistake nevertheless.