Icon Quotes - page 4

I didn't really know anything about Margot Fonteyn. I'd never really been a ballet child, so I had no idea what an incredibly huge icon she was, not just in terms of a creative icon - she was also a style icon. I had no idea she was up there with Audrey Hepburn and Jackie Onassis in terms of that kind of image. (Anne-Marie Duff)

Daphne Guinness, who makes couture seem wearable, is an icon who influences what I wear.

Ashley Madekwe

It's a mark of any icon that it should be open to iconoclasm.

Charles Jencks

It would be wonderful to become what Oprah has become: she is in such a class of her own, as an entrepreneur, as a performer and an icon. The idea of building a series of programmes and choosing people that I think have talent to do them would be a very interesting idea. I would love to show that television can have soul, depth and range.

Charlie Rose

One of my inspirations, Harry Houdini, remains an icon of the art because he defied our primal fears. His demonstrations in the early 20th century, especially his escape from the Chinese water torture cell, represented triumph over suffocation, drowning, disorientation and helplessness.

Criss Angel

Harrison Ford is absolutely amazing. He is a Hollywood icon, and just to work with him was absolutely incredible.

Carly Schroeder

I like a basic uniform for guys. Steve Jobs is my fashion icon, because he wears the same outfit every day. If you always wear the same thing, you make a statement. Then put a bow tie on and really stand out.

Dhani Jones

Muhammad Ali - he was a magnificent fighter and he was an icon... Every head must bow, every knee must bend, every tongue must confess, thou art the greatest, the greatest of all time, Muhammad, Muhammad Ali.

Don King

I did a couple comedies to balance myself as an actor and balance how audiences see Donnie Yen as an actor, and I would even say as a celebrity or icon, to some fans. I want to show that I'm not Terminator.

Donnie Yen

I never thought I would be somewhat of a gay icon.

Eric Stonestreet

A friend of mine wrote a script, a feminist romantic comedy. She had a feminist scholar consult on it. My friend said, "Oh, my friend Gillian read it and really loved it." She goes, "Gillian Jacobs, you mean: Britta Perry, feminist icon?"

Gillian Jacobs

My son Cary's generation likely won't know who my father was, but it's something nice for him that his grandfather was an icon. I had one chance to pass along that name.

Jennifer Grant

It's always intimidating to meet an icon.

Jennifer O'Neill

I have a Madonna portrait done in the style of a Russian icon. My mother, the chef Lidia Bastianich, and I bought it together. It reminds me of her.

Joe Bastianich

Marvin Gaye was one of the coolest. I look to him as a style icon and as an artist.

John Legend

Eventually, I would love to be on my deathbed and looked at as an icon. Right now I'm still at the baby stages of my career. But that is the goal.

Kesha

I wouldn't necessarily say she is a country artist. I mean, obviously Taylor Swift started in country, but she morphed into somewhat of a cultural icon, so, who am I to judge what she is?

Luke Bryan

I'm a tomboy and quite clumsy, so I'm more like the anti-sexy icon.

Kimberley Nixon

John Lee Hooker became a friend of mine and I love all of his work. He was truly an icon. He lived the life. I miss him.

Mick Fleetwood

For many, the icon of the British Museum is the Rosetta Stone, that administrative by-product of the Greek imperial adventure in Africa. (Neil MacGregor)

My ultimate style icon is Grace Jones.

Nick Rhodes

Most of us see Justice O'Connor as something of an icon, although we do not agree with all of her decisions.

Patricia Ireland

The people that I see on the street, they treat me more as a human being and not just an icon or a football player.

Ricky Williams

Dick Clark is an American icon. I am honored that he has entrusted me with such a role in this national tradition.

Ryan Seacrest

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