“I am very much about promoting Lima because I think Peru and the mount...” — Mario Testino Quote

“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.”

“England gave me a chance. It's a very individual country where people have a personal style; they don't all follow a trend. The subtlety and wit of England is incredible, and they are very creative.”

“I am trying to capture the women I photograph at their happiest. That is when they look their most beautiful. But I do understand that you have to make somebody feel completely comfortable in order to bring that out.”

“England is the country where I learned my profession. They are the ones that trained me, they are the ones that believed in me.”

“I'm really in no one city more than two months during the year. I'm constantly having to readapt my eye to new locations.”

“Ultimately, I made my range wider because I wanted to suit each publication that I worked for. Talk about reinvention - I'm like the Madonna of photography.”

“Good food and a warm kitchen are what makes a house a home. I always tried to make my home like my mother's, because Mom was magnificent at stretching a buck when it came to decorating and food. Like a true Italian, she valued beautification in every area of her life, and I try to do the same.”

“Do but stand still in the hour of trial, and you will see the help of God, if you trust in Him. But there is so often a forsaking the ways of the Lord in the hour of trial, and thus the food of faith, the means whereby our faith may be increased, is lost.”

“Food can become such a point of anxiety - not because it's food, but just because you have anxiety. That's how eating disorders develop.”

“Panda - We're not really selling Chinese food, you know. Our real purpose is about developing people.”

“So long as you have food in your mouth, you have solved all questions for the time being.”

“Maybe a person's time would be as well spent raising food as raising money to buy food.”