“I think it's really important to not be afraid of failure and to push ...” — Juergen Teller Quote

I think it's really important to not be afraid of failure and to push yourself to try things and jump in the cold water.

When I became a father, all that stuff rose up again from the back of my mind. I suddenly realised how uninvolved my father had been in my life.

I'm interested in the person I photograph. The world is so beautiful as it is; there's so much going on, which is sort of interesting. It's just so crazy, so why do I have to put some retouching on it? It's just pointless to me.

I like people with conviction, who are in control of themselves. I'm not interested in working with a designer who hires a creative director.

I never get sick - not a cold, not a cough or sore throat. Everyone around me can be hacking up a lung, and I'm fine.

My grandmother's house - she ran it just like her grandmother and her great-grandmother. They didn't have electricity. They had wood stoves that never got cold.

Nah, I'm not a prima donna, but I just don't like being cold and wet.

If you look at anyone at the top of their profession, there has to be something a little bit different. Some of the top musicians are quirky aren't they, to say the least. You have to be driven, cold, hard and mentally tough as iron. My missus thinks I'm a bit weird.

My favorite book of all time is Cold Comfort Farm, by Stella Gibbons.