Top 50 Kelly Cutrone Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “This was when I learned that you have to give up your life as you know it to get a new one: that sometimes you need to let go of everything you’re clinging to and start over, whether because you’ve outgrown it or because it’s not working anymore, or because it was wrong for you in the first place.”

— Kelly Cutrone

2. “When you believe in something and truly go after it with all you have, amazing things will happen.”

— Kelly Cutrone

3. “I hope that you, too, will choose to have a journey instead of just a life. Actually, I hope it’s a full on expedition.”

— Kelly Cutrone

4. “Stop sharing your dreams with people who try to hold you back, even if they’re your parents.”

— Kelly Cutrone

5. “You know where nice people end up? On welfare.”

— Kelly Cutrone

6. “Social media, especially Twitter, has completely changed the fashion and media industries – we now can go direct to consumers in a nanosecond – amazing way of distributing content – right to the point.”

— Kelly Cutrone

7. “When you’re following your inner voice, doors tend to eventually open for you, even if they mostly slam at first.”

— Kelly Cutrone

8. “When you’re the most happening person at the party, it’s time to leave.”

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9. “The hardest lessons to learn are the ones your soul needs most.”

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10. “When things go really really bad – life is going to have its way with you no matter who you are – and when things get really really bad, that’s the time to stand up and keep going, and to push, not to fall down or run away.”

— Kelly Cutrone

11. “Personal branding is about figuring who you are and what turns you on and then monetising it.”

— Kelly Cutrone

12. “My life is not balanced and not everything is perfect all the time.”

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13. “I don’t take it lightly that I brought a life into this world. They’re waiting for you every day, these sweet little angels. You have to have time for them to interact on a daily basis.”

— Kelly Cutrone

14. “My mistakes have been some of the best teachers of my life.”

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15. “When you’re young, you don’t realize that things are going to pass and things will move and shift.”

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16. “In today’s disposable culture, we throw away people like we do razors, always assuming there’s someone better out there to hang out with, or to work for- people who will never embarrass us, let us down or offend us.”

— Kelly Cutrone

17. “You have to be prepared for people to hate you. Average people love to be average, because nobody bothers them.”

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18. “You find out who you are by figuring out who and what you’re not.”

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19. “After all, you can’t truly be happy if you’ve never known pain. You can’t truly feel joy if you’ve never felt heartbreak. You can’t know what it’s like to be filled unless you’ve been empty.”

— Kelly Cutrone

20. “Unless you’re really going to have a serious relationship, don’t bring your kids into it. Don’t show your child that people come and go.”

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21. “In breaking away from the familiar and the expected, you’ll be forced and privileged to face greater challenges, learn harder lessons, and really get to know yourself.”

— Kelly Cutrone

22. “You can fake your way to the table, but ultimately you have to learn how to eat.”

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23. “Your dreams are ballbusters; they’re not the yellow brick road.”

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24. “We see women who go out and want to look like Jennifer Aniston, and they’re wearing an ill-fitting red dress and ugly gold shoes, and they’ve got flat hair and they can’t walk.”

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25. “When you leave home to follow your dreams, your road will probably be riddled with potholes, not always paved in happy Technicolor bricks. You’ll probably be kicked to the ground 150 million times and told you’re nuts by friends and strangers alike. As you progress you may feel lonely or terrified for your physical and emotional safety. You may overestimate your own capabilities or fail to live up to them, and you’ll surely fall flat on your face once in a while.”

— Kelly Cutrone

26. “I had the most expensive haircut you can get, and I was walking around with my hair in rollers backstage, and my hair still came out looking like I was shot out of a cannon and I had just gotten out of bed.”

— Kelly Cutrone

27. “I think between the ages of 15 and 32, don’t worry about getting married, don’t worry about settling down, don’t worry about having a baby. Give birth to yourself.”

— Kelly Cutrone

28. “The whole thing about magazines is that, magazines are going to become deeper and more tutorial, and the nature of the magazine is going to change.”

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29. “We’re all hookers in one way or another.”

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30. “I don’t have time to write a mom blog, but I’m not against it. I think it’s great when women talk about things. I’m all about female empowerment. There’s a lot of lonely, lost moms out there. Moms need to be encouraged to tell the truth. There’s a lot of glamour mommy stuff. It’s OK to get real.”

— Kelly Cutrone

31. “The only dream I ever had was the dream of New York itself, and for me, from the minute I touched down in this city, that was enough. It became the best teacher I ever had.”

— Kelly Cutrone

32. “Gather up your courage like an armful of free clothes at a McQueen sample sale and follow your inner voice wherever it takes you.”

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33. “People should just express themselves and not worry about trends – try to use fashion like a compass, an indicator, examples of things that you can be. It’s not to be taken so seriously. It’s just clothes.”

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34. “The road to your dreams is sometimes dark, and it sometimes magical, but The Wizard of Oz had one thing right: it’s ultimately about the journey and the characters who accompany you on it, not about the destination.”

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35. “People want to express themselves – that’s what fashion is for. You can go to Target and get something that Rodarte designed for $34, but would you want to go buy the higher version for $3,400? I think most people would say no.”

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36. “Well digital media and social media are eliminating the middle man – in the old days, you had to go through the editors. Or the television producer, you know? Now you have people talking directly to each other, globally who have never met. I think you put the “word” in “word of mouth.””

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37. “Baby-carrying means your hearts are close together. It’s a very intense and beautiful way to bond with your baby, very intimate. It’s also easier than a stroller.”

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38. “If people decide thin is out, the fashion industry won’t have thin models anymore. Have you spent time with fashion people? They are ruthless. They want money. And the one thing they know is people want clothes to cover their bodies. Unfortunately, most people aren’t comfortable with their bodies.”

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39. “Dreams won’t always take you on a straight path to destiny but they’re usually related to what your soul wants for you. They’ll force you to ask yourself the hard questions, they’ll kick your ass and more importantly, they’ll turn you on.”

— Kelly Cutrone

40. “If you’re 5? 6", just stay home. Don’t pretend you’re 5? 8" or 5? 9". If you want to be a beauty model, I guess that’s fine, you can do glamour, but you’re not going to do runway. If you’re over 29 – 26, even – I would suggest you work regionally and not try to work nationally.”

— Kelly Cutrone

41. “Belts with potbellies are pretty bad. I mean, what about an oversized shirt and a trouser? What about an oversized button-up shirt in linen and a trouser? Do us all a favor.”

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42. “I work in fashion because the world is such a heavy place that I need to be in this industry that fights for five hours to get a dress.”

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43. “Every woman’s wardrobe should include black.”

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44. “I believe everyone who breathes air on this earth, regardless of their job or their bank account, must give back more than just carbon dioxide.”

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45. “Most fashion models do not look good in bikinis because they’re too thin.”

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46. “Society has a hyper emphasis on thin, and that trend comes from the consumers – it does not come from the fashion industry. The fashion industry needs to make money; that’s what we do. If people said, ‘We want a 300 pound purple person,’ the first industry to do it would be fashion.”

— Kelly Cutrone

47. “Well, fashion’s full of trickery, darling. But if you’re going to believe this season’s Prada boots will make you sexy and powerful, you should at least be as open to the concept that you have a soul and that that soul has a purpose as unique as your fingerprint and eye scan.”

— Kelly Cutrone

48. “I believe all women know in their heart of hearts that they truly are divine and magical, even if they’ve temporarily forgotten.”

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49. “Historically, most women who are powerful are seen as not being nice, even if they are.”

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50. “But while my inner voice was clearly telling me I was at my core an entrepreneur, it’s inconvenient to decide at twenty-three that you can’t really work for other people.”

— Kelly Cutrone