My father never really encouraged me or even took an interest after I walked away from the family business. No one did except my mother and my grandfather. To be truthful, I cannot remember one meaningful conversation I had with my father. Juergen Teller More Quotes by Juergen Teller More Quotes From Juergen Teller I see through my eyes; the camera is just a machine to record it for me. Juergen Teller cameraeyesseeme Everything I choose to photograph, I think is beautiful. Juergen Teller choosethinkphotographbeautiful I don't try to be original; I just always want to do something that excites me. Juergen Teller trymealwayswant I want adventure in my life. I want to do things I haven't done before. These Hollywood people are so careful of their image and looking right, but there's a wildness when I come into the photographs. I just want to wade through rivers, climb mountains. Juergen Teller my-lifelookinglifepeople I'm often in Venice in November and December, when it's foggy and wintry, and the decorations in the shops and the lights in the churches make the place feel both Christmassy and melancholic. Juergen Teller feellightsdecembernovember I have a Mercedes. I wear a Rolex watch. I have no problem with the selling of things. Juergen Teller mercedeswearthingsproblem Back in 2000, I didn't have a mobile phone. Juergen Teller phonebackmobile I just want to do everything as good as I possibly can. Juergen Teller everythingjustgoodwant I think it's really important to not be afraid of failure and to push yourself to try things and jump in the cold water. Juergen Teller yourselfthinkfailurewater I like friendship. Juergen Teller likefriendship I think my strength is to act instinctively, really quickly, on what I believe, what I see in this person. A proper portrait. I wouldn't dream of doing something inappropriate for that person. I guess I make the person comfortable around me. Juergen Teller thinkmestrengthbelieve What's the point of shorts if they're not short? Juergen Teller shortpointshorts In order to do something really good, you have to take risks - that's what I do. Juergen Teller riskssomethinggoodyou Most fashion photography is done by gay people finding women sexy - which is sort of not sexy at all, at least to a heterosexual man. Juergen Teller manwomensexypeople I just really like women, and I like men, and I like children, and I like eating, and I like doing everything. Juergen Teller womeneatingmenchildren I'm interested in the person I photograph. The world is so beautiful as it is; there's so much going on, which is sort of interesting. It's just so crazy, so why do I have to put some retouching on it? It's just pointless to me. Juergen Teller mecrazybeautifulworld You have a negative, and you can have an influence whether you want to have it more contrasty or less contrasty; you can pre-flash the photo paper. You can make it warmer or colder, lighter, darker. This is all a way of manipulating the image in a normal way, not changing the pixels. Juergen Teller youinfluencewaynegative I never work with a screen. Other photographers have this black thing around, and they go back and look at it. I'd rather spend the time with the subject, photographing or discussing or talking, than staring at this thing. I'd rather look at what's going on. Juergen Teller lookblackworktime I think the range of my life shows in my work. Juergen Teller my-lifethinkworklife One day, I'll be photographing Kate Moss in Paris, then I'll be on Stephanie Seymour's ranch with her hundred horses wondering what exactly it is I'm doing there. Juergen Teller doingdayparisone-day
