Body Quote by Gina Barreca

If you see a Renaissance body, this is completely ugly in this time. Everybody has to be skinny. But the Renaissance body with incredible…

— Marina Abramovic

I don't know who decided that skinny was more appealing than not skinny. It seems arbitrary.

— Gwyneth Paltrow

I think sadly in any industry and in any work related environments females always strive to achieve a certain amount of perfection whether they…

— Mila Kunis

Italians in particular are seen as either benign and child-like (the sweet old nonna with her meatballs), menacing mobsters, or hyper-sexualized housewives and gigolos;…

— Christopher Castellani

I'm not going to dinner with somebody who eats like a bird, nor do I want to eat like a bird. But its weird:…

— Sophia Bush

Back when I was modeling, the first time I went to Italy, I was having cappuccinos every day, and I gained 15 pounds. And…

— Christina Hendricks

When I started out in 'Caravan,' I looked plump, but that looks fine when you are young. But as you age, you put on…

— Jeetendra

“People prefer the stories of the too-skinny girls who starve themselves and exercise too much and are gray and gaunt and disappearing in plain…

— Roxane Gay

Girls developed eating disorders when our culture developed a standard of beauty that they couldn't obtain by being healthy. When unnatural thinness became attractive,…

— Anonymous

It completely sickens me what our culture is doing to women. Last week I wore a big top and little shorts and a bunch…

— Lena Dunham

When I was growing up, I was teased for being too skinny. I went to summer camp when I was 11. I wore shorts,…

— Hani Furstenberg

In my 10 years, I never put a girl that was too skinny in French 'Vogue.'

— Carine Roitfeld