Linda Evangelista was the most beautiful of all the supermodels. But also controversial and not universally popular. Here are our favorite quotes about Linda Evangelista.
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She is legendary – there won’t be many like her, ever.
Steven Meisel, photographer
She would do anything for a good photo.
Karl Lagerfeld
Linda loves modeling more than anyone I know.
Amber Valletta, model and actress
Linda Evangelista will be eternal.
Manolo Blahnik
With her there is such a devotion to the job. She’s creative, artistic, original. We always think together, sometimes suffer together, to get the best picture. I feel I could work with her for six months and it would never be boring.
Peter Lindbergh, photographer
Heaven!
John Galliano
She’s a gold digger.
Francois-Henri Pinault, ex-boyfriend
She’s the Maria Callas of modeling.
Rocco Laspata, photographer
Linda is the teacher.
Domenico Dolce
She was so sexy.
Christy Turlington
She is like a sister to me.
Naomi Campbell
No one models more convincingly than Linda. I think her secret is that she never got bored with it, that she never saw it as an intermediate step to another career.
Anna Wintour
Viva la Evangelista!
Kevin Aucoin, make-up artist
She has the most extraordinary, strange nose.
Hilary Alexander, Fashion Director
She was the bitchiest of them all.
Tim Blanks, Fashion Editor
Linda Evangelista is not a bitch.
Douglas Keeve, Director
What do people say about Victoria Beckham?