Astrid Kirchherr

I have never met a man who I could still say, 'That is the love of my life.' Stuart is. I never…

— Astrid Kirchherr

The most important thing I gave the Beatles was my friendship. They trusted me: there was no fear in being photographed.

— Astrid Kirchherr

Well, the first time I met The Beatles was through my former boyfriend, Klaus Voormann, who saw them one night when he…

— Astrid Kirchherr

I'm a very, very silly girl.

— Astrid Kirchherr

Well when you're young, you're just in love and every day is so new and so fresh and so beautiful. You just…

— Astrid Kirchherr

When I met the Beatles, they were wearing these funny little leather jackets, which inspired me. I had a suit made for…

— Astrid Kirchherr

You expressed yourself by looking different from other people. We even looked different from each other. But among the Exis, there was…

— Astrid Kirchherr

Our post-war generation were struggling to escape the past and the burden of guilt we carried and to find a new way.

— Astrid Kirchherr

Stuart was a very special person and he was miles ahead of everybody. You know as far as intelligent and artistic feelings…

— Astrid Kirchherr

From the first time I saw them, I knew they weren't just five dirty little boys from Liverpool without an education.

— Astrid Kirchherr

I've hardly taken a photograph since 1967.

— Astrid Kirchherr

I was wanting something new, and for me the Beatles were... outstanding. I was breathless, speechless.

— Astrid Kirchherr

After Stu, I liked John and George. Then I like Pete Best. Paul I found hard to get close to.

— Astrid Kirchherr

All my friends in art school used to run around with this sort of what you call Beatles haircut. And my boyfriend…

— Astrid Kirchherr

It is a serious job being a portrait photographer, which is how I saw myself.

— Astrid Kirchherr

Black and white means photography to me. It's much easier to take a good color photograph, but you can get more drama…

— Astrid Kirchherr

And I was very, very much influenced by the films of Jean Cocteau and by Sartre and everything that came out of…

— Astrid Kirchherr

When Stuart passed away, I was so young and so selfish about living and having fun.

— Astrid Kirchherr

You couldn't buy any English authors or anything that came from America, like jeans. It was impossible. So we had to do…

— Astrid Kirchherr

I always thought Stuart deserved a little bit of fame. He was a gifted artist and a very wonderful person.

— Astrid Kirchherr

I love Liverpool and it is great to be back in the city.

— Astrid Kirchherr

I was always introduced as the Beatles photographer and I gave it up in the end. I was so unsure of myself.…

— Astrid Kirchherr

I didn't take that many pictures of The Beatles, but I did photograph them before anybody else knew about them, and that…

— Astrid Kirchherr

We knew of Sartre and we dressed like the French existentialists. Our philosophy then, and remember we were only little kids, was…

— Astrid Kirchherr

I just had the joy of taking pictures, and I never cared about my negatives. I just gave them away whenever anybody…

— Astrid Kirchherr