Over the course of my career, I have come to accept that some of my more provocative work courts controversy, and as an artist, I value the discourse that arises from this. I can only hope for this discourse to… — Terry Richardson Copy Share Image
It's not who you know, it's who you blow. I don't have a hole in my jeans for nothing. — Terry Richardson Copy Share Image
I don't work off lights and angles; I work off emotions. A mood that I create. — Terry Richardson Copy Share Image
I look fondly back on renegade days of my youth. Not the partying or anything, but it's still the spirit that I have always… — Terry Richardson Copy Share Image
People go, 'What do you want to do?' What do you want to do? What are you feeling? Going into a shoot not fully… — Terry Richardson Copy Share Image
Going into a shoot not fully knowing what I want to do - that excitement, that thing that happens, is just so powerful and… — Terry Richardson Copy Share Image
I like using snapshot cameras because they're idiot-proof. I have bad eyesight, and I'm no good at focusing big cameras. — Terry Richardson Copy Share Image
It's insane, the internet. Totally craziness. Like a little cancer. People can just do whatever they want, say whatever they want, be totally anonymous.… — Terry Richardson Copy Share Image
At the beginning, people laughed at me because I was using snappies. Sometimes, a celebrity would look at my camera and go, Oh, I've… — Terry Richardson Copy Share Image
Like Robert Mapplethorpe, Helmut Newton, and so many others before me, sexual imagery has always been a part of my photography. — Terry Richardson Copy Share Image
I didn't want to be a photographer. I wanted to play music and be a rock star. I didn't have a mentor telling me… — Terry Richardson Copy Share Image
I want my photos to be fresh and urgent. A good photograph should be a call to arms. — Terry Richardson Copy Share Image
