Quotes from Daria Werbowy

Home is your sanctuary.

When I'm working, I always make time to get exercise into my schedule.

I hope somewhere along the way, I've inspired someone to do something. ... And I hope they say that I was nice and polite.

There's an art to making something look good when, on a hanger, it's just a black coat.

Sailing is the closest I can get to nature - it's adrenaline, fear, a constant challenge and learning experience, an adventure into the unknown. And of course there is nothing better than wearing the same T-shirt for days and not brushing my hair for weeks.

I am not a big facial person. But I do love a body scrub.

I've been taking photographs since I was a teenager, and fashion has taught me a lot more about photography. It's definitely inspired me.

I've gone through a lot of different phases on what I do and why I do it - morally and ethically. I've tortured myself about it, especially in dealing with success and money.

I guess a lot of people don't realise, but I'm always playing a character when I'm working. When you're always having people's images projected on you, who 'Daria' is as a person sort of disappears.

I've never had to rebel against my parents; I never had that sort of teen-angst thing where you didn't get along with them. My dad's always been my buddy.

I'm not a big planner when I travel; I just feel it out.

When I was a kid, everywhere I went people said I should be a model, but I was more into skateboarding.

I think one of the secrets to modelling is the less you care and the more you're yourself, the more successful you are.

I've always wanted to break the stereotype of being a model.

The older I get, the less I need. I wear the same jean shorts for the whole week. I'm not running to the store to get the latest bag.

I can't analyse my appeal. If I did, I'd be in a straitjacket.

I grew up in a sailing family. My dad lived for sailing, and when we moved to Canada when I was a child, he really wanted us to learn.