Top 16 Quotes & Sayings by Bettie Page

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American model Bettie Page.
Last updated on December 22, 2024.
Bettie Page

Bettie Mae Page was an American model who gained notoriety in the 1950s for her pin-up photos. She was often referred to as the "Queen of Pinups": her shoulder-to-armpit-length jet-black hair, blue eyes, and trademark bangs have influenced artists for generations. After her death, Playboy founder Hugh Hefner called her "a remarkable lady, an iconic figure in pop culture who influenced sexuality, taste in fashion, someone who had a tremendous impact on our society".

Sex is a part of love. You shouldn't go around doing it unless you are in love.
I was never the girl next door.
I never kept up with the fashions. I believed in wearing what I thought looked good on me. — © Bettie Page
I never kept up with the fashions. I believed in wearing what I thought looked good on me.
I love to swim in the nude and roam around the house in the nude. You're just as free as a bird!
My favorite actress of all times is Bette Davis in Dark Victory. I have seen it six or seven times, and I still cry.
It makes me feel wonderful that people still care for me... that I have so many fans among young people, who write to me and tell me I have been an inspiration.
For years I had my hair parted down the middle in a ponytail, tucked down around the sides... Well, I went and cut the bangs, and I've been wearing them ever since. They say it's my trademark.
Being in the nude isn't a disgrace unless you're being promiscuous about it. After all, when God created Adam and Eve, they were stark naked. And in the Garden of Eden, God was probably naked as a jaybird too!
I was not trying to be shocking, or to be a pioneer. I wasn`t trying to change society, or to be ahead of my time. I didn`t think of myself as liberated, and I don`t believe that I did anything important. I was just myself. I didn`t know any other way to be, or any other way to live.
I was never one who was squeamish about nudity. I don't believe in being promiscuous about it, but several times I thought of going to a nudist colony.
For years I had my hair parted down the middle in a ponytail, tucked down around the sides Well, I went and cut the bangs, and I've been wearing them ever since. They say it's my trademark.
I like being outdoors. I like to go cavorting in the nude in the forests. It is just another world. To take sunbaths in the nude.
The only person I did bondage for was Irving Klaw and his sister Paula. Usually they would shoot four or five models every Saturday. He wouldn't pay for the regular pictures unless we did some bondage. So I did bondage shots to get paid for the other photos.
Young women say I helped them come out of their shells.
I wasn't trying to be anything. I was just myself.
After all, he put Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden naked as jaybirds! — © Bettie Page
After all, he put Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden naked as jaybirds!
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