Quotes from Christy Turlington

I have good skin, but it's dry - drier than you would think, considering I have Latin skin. It's fairly transparent, too, so I'm constantly trying to give it nourishment and moisture, but nothing really holds.

We should all reevaluate advertising that contradicts what we know to be the truth; especially when the ads are harmfully manipulative.

Yoga gave me the ability to calm down.

Yoga is about compassion and generosity towards others. It means being mindful of the world around us.

Yoga has brought me closer to myself. It's helped me realize the interconnectedness of the mind, body and spirit, in the Buddhist sense of the word.

On the days I don't run, I do yoga and cross-training.

Yoga puts me in a place that is a little bit less about doing and more about being, which enables me, in fact, to do more.

Yoga has helped me to see death as more of a gift than a loss, and that has been my experience so far.

Yoga has been the best tool for managing stress and life's challenges. Everything from my studies to my father's death was eased by my practice of it.

The word 'yoga' means union. It's like everything in yoga yokes or unites you to something higher, the highest part of yourself.

There have been so many photographers and editors who mentored me over the years. At the very beginning, the person who taught me the most was Arthur Elgort. I always loved working with him. We traveled a lot together.

Parents should not smoke in order to discourage their kids from smoking. A child is more likely to smoke when they have been raised in the environment of a smoker.

I would be very proud to have influenced anyone that I know or don't know to quit smoking.

It is better to not even try it than to endure the ramifications of either quitting smoking or dying.

What I did for a living for so many years separated who I was from what I did.

Love is connection with others. Union with another human being or living thing. That's also Yoga.

In some countries, as many as 91 percent of women have no one at their side to assist them during labor and delivery.

You know, all these sentiments about beauty coming from within, they've always resonated when I've read them, but it takes a bit of living to truly appreciate them. To realise we are so much more than our experiences, that we are who we are because of the lessons we've learnt, now that's what true 'beauty' is for me.

It turns out that cholera is new to Haiti. It was inadvertently introduced by a group of U.N. peacekeepers stationed in central Haiti who had come from South Asia where it is endemic.

My weight fluctuates, and I haven't always been skinny. I became curvier in my twenties, but I never felt self-conscious about it; going through different periods is all part of being a woman.

Sacred spaces can be created in any environment.

I never looked at magazines before I started modeling. I was 13 or 14, and none of my friends were into magazines. We were into the fashion of the day, though.

I almost had to exhaust myself at modeling before I could say, 'O.K., I'm ready for school.'

I have my family, which is my main thing; the organization; a modeling career. All these things are important, but family definitely comes first.