“It's a choice - there are two different sorts of photographer: those o...” — Mario Testino Quote

“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.'”

“My favourite subjects at school were algebra and logic: making a big problem into something small.”

“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.”

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

“South America was not really that open - you had to fit in, and I didn't fit in. I was different - my tastes, my point of view - were a bit weird, and I found in Britain a sense of calm, that I could just be.”

“I've definitely been obsessed with a couple of girls. They didn't work out.”

“I'm obsessed with old rotary phones.”

“I'm very obsessed with not being perfect.”

“People are obsessed with price tags.”

“A lot of people are obsessed with their possessions, but that's not right. It's OK to own a lot of things as long as you're willing to share them.”

“I never thought about settling down. I was obsessed with my career - I was blinkered. I finally met a woman who was worthy of me. Then we settled down and had many children.”