I do a lot of decision making before each shoot. It's a luxury to be able to choose what you do. — Mario Testino Able Copy Share Image
I like getting my ideas from the things of now. I am very conscious of the moment, of images that belong to… — Mario Testino Conscious Copy Share Image
A lot of fashion photographers will do the same sort of image for many years; it's easier to be successful if you… — Mario Testino Easier Copy Share Image
England gave me a chance. It's a very individual country where people have a personal style; they don't all follow a trend.… — Mario Testino Chance Copy Share Image
I said to my mother, 'When you see my name in 'Vogue,' I will have arrived.' — Mario Testino Arrived Copy Share Image
Some of my friends say that I only talk about myself. But it is funny: my house is covered in art but… — Mario Testino About Copy Share Image
I have no real training in the history of fine art or furniture; my eye just works by proportions. I react intuitively.… — Mario Testino About Copy Share Image
I think my sense of color I have got from my upbringing in Peru. — Mario Testino Color Copy Share Image
I've always had an affinity with women. It probably started with my mother when I was young, but it was intensified by… — Mario Testino Affinity Copy Share Image
England is the country where I learned my profession. They are the ones that trained me, they are the ones that believed… — Mario Testino Believed Copy Share Image
My favourite words are possibilities, opportunities and curiosity. I think if you are curious, you create opportunities, and then if you open… — Mario Testino Curiosity Copy Share Image
I am very much about promoting Lima because I think Peru and the mountains and the Incas, everybody is aware of those,… — Mario Testino About Copy Share Image
At the beginning of my career, as a boy from Peru in London, suddenly discovering British culture and society, I looked so… — Mario Testino Beginning Copy Share Image
Many people when I started didn't believe I was a good fashion photographer, and probably they still think that. — Mario Testino Believe Copy Share Image
I never notice a difference between photographing a man and a woman; for me, it's just somebody. — Mario Testino Between Copy Share Image
No! Beauty is emotional! That's why plastic surgery never works. Women who want to change their nose, lips, they don't understand that… — Mario Testino Beauty Copy Share Image
South America was not really that open - you had to fit in, and I didn't fit in. I was different -… — Mario Testino America Copy Share Image
The year has 365 days, and I want each and every one of them to be exciting. — Mario Testino 365 days Copy Share Image
Work is your life, it’s not a rehearsal. You work 7 days a week so you may as well enjoy those days. — Mario Testino Enjoy Copy Share Image
Ive been criticised for pretty, smiley photographs, but at least someone is happy! In my mind, I am always giving the image… — Mario Testino Giving Copy Share Image
Some people strive for perfection, but I often find perfection boring — Mario Testino Boring Copy Share Image
My favourite subjects at school were algebra and logic: making a big problem into something small. — Mario Testino Algebra Copy Share Image
I waited a long time, an hour or two, to make that picture perfect. But I wasn't totally satisfied. Then, when I'd… — Mario Testino Cameras Copy Share Image
I had the right amount of detachment to go back and really appreciate what I had grown up with. There’s a particular… — Mario Testino Amount Copy Share Image
I have become aware on my travels that when a country loses the connection between its history and its traditional dress, something… — Mario Testino Aware Copy Share Image
