Mario Testino Quotes & Sayings (Page 6)

“Some people strive for perfection, but I often find perfection boring.”

“A lot of photographers like models to be blank canvases - but bland girls don't influence me. I don't like playing with dolls; I like playing with people.”

“At one moment, I thought that if I didn't do a picture in a certain way, then it wasn't a 'Mario Testino Picture.' And I've realized that Mario Testino is everything, Mario Testino is whatever he feels like being, because it always ends up looking like me, whatever I do.”

“I've always had an affinity with women. It probably started with my mother when I was young, but it was intensified by my sister, Elena, who is one year older than me. I used to hang out with her all the time, and whenever I travelled, I used to buy her clothes and style her.”

“I have become aware on my travels that when a country loses the connection between its history and its traditional dress, something truly precious is lost.”