🌹 𝘐𝘥𝘰𝘭 𝘖𝘧 𝘙𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘴 🌹

“I used to think as I looked out on the Hollywood night, ‘There must be thousands of girls sitting alone like me dreaming of becoming a movie star.’ But I’m not going to worry about them. I’m dreaming the hardest.”

-Marilyn.

Did little Norma Jeane know that one day she would become the most immortal, timeless icon the whole world knows? ☺️🤍 She was such a sweet baby. ❤️

Marilyn Monroe was photographed by American photographer Bettmann on her 30th birthday inside a car. Upon her arrival at Idlewild Airport (now JFK Airport) in New York City on June 1, 1956, she was given a cake as a gift by her fans. While she was signing autographs and blowing kisses to the cameras, Bettmann caught a stunning candid moment of Monroe blowing a kiss. 📷🎂🤍

“For hours she danced and sang and flirted and did this thing that’s—she Marilyn Monroe. And then there was the inevitable drop. And when the night was over and the white wine was over and the dancing was over, she sat in the corner like a child, with everything gone. I saw her sitting quietly without expression on her face, and I walked towards her but I wouldn’t photograph her without her knowledge of it. And as I came with the camera, I saw that she was not saying no.” — Richard Avedon about this portrait.

“I ask myself what I am afraid of. I know I have talent. I know I can act. Well, get on with it, Marilyn. I feel I still try to ingratiate myself with people, try to tell them what they want to hear. That’s fear, too. We should all start to live before we get too old. Fear is stupid. So are regrets.." I can’t really stand Human Beings sometimes - I know they all have their problems as I have mine - but I’m really too tired for it.”

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