Mario Testino Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“Charm, I think, is education, really, no? I was educated to be nice to everybody. If you want to be rude and mean, I'm sure your life isn't that nice.”

“I think my sense of color I have got from my upbringing in Peru.”

“It's a choice - there are two different sorts of photographer: those obsessed with the technicalities and those obsessed by the subject.”

“I said to my mother, 'When you see my name in 'Vogue,' I will have arrived.'”

“I am very much about promoting Lima because I think Peru and the mountains and the Incas, everybody is aware of those, but Lima is something that people should discover - especially our food.”

“Fine artists reflect, and then they act. Fashion photographers - we act, and then we reflect.”

“The year has 365 days, and I want each and every one of them to be exciting.”

“You have to be you. You can't be anybody else. If you speak loudly, and people tell you to speak quietly, you can do it for a little bit, but loud people are loud, and people who are not, are not.”

“Being Peruvian means to come from the farthest place possible to get to Europe. Peru is the land of the Incas. It was the capital of South America; it was where the Spanish founded their empire and took over the Inca Empire and made it into a colony of Spain.”

“However spontaneous I hope a photograph will look, I always put a lot of thought into how I can make it happen. The very best pictures are the most relaxed, so a lot of fussing around technically can completely break the spell, and everyone freezes up with nerves.”