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1. "In the South America of the forties and fifties, everyone was into beauty and glamour and fashion." ~ Mario Testino
2. "It's a choice - there are two different sorts of photographer: those obsessed with the technicalities and those obsessed by the subject." ~ Mario Testino
3. "Many people when I started didn't believe I was a good fashion photographer, and probably they still think that." ~ Mario Testino
4. "My favourite subjects at school were algebra and logic: making a big problem into something small." ~ Mario Testino
5. "My pictures are my eyes. I photograph what I see - and what I want to see." ~ Mario Testino
6. "Some people strive for perfection, but I often find perfection boring." ~ Mario Testino
7. "Some things happen by accident - embrace them." ~ Mario Testino
8. "The year has 365 days, and I want each and every one of them to be exciting." ~ Mario Testino
9. "When you're nice, people like you and will want to work with you. But it can mean that they take you for granted." ~ Mario Testino
10. "A fashion photographer is nothing without clothes and hair and makeup. And when I speak to other photographers, a lot of them can't reference a picture by the designer. Me, I say, 'The Balenciaga.' And I go to the shows. I feel like it's my business." ~ Mario Testino
11. "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." ~ Mario Testino
12. "A lot of fashion photographers will do the same sort of image for many years; it's easier to be successful if you do that." ~ Mario Testino
13. "England is the country where I learned my profession. They are the ones that trained me, they are the ones that believed in me." ~ Mario Testino
14. "Fine artists reflect, and then they act. Fashion photographers - we act, and then we reflect." ~ Mario Testino
15. "Grunge came from a group of English photographers, and they were documenting their own reality... I'm South American - we celebrate life." ~ Mario Testino
16. "I adore being able to go to the Oscars and know every single person at the party afterwards." ~ Mario Testino
17. "I am obsessed by people. Usually I try to get the girl out of the model instead of the model out of the girl." ~ Mario Testino
18. "I do a lot of decision making before each shoot. It's a luxury to be able to choose what you do." ~ Mario Testino
19. "I never notice a difference between photographing a man and a woman; for me, it's just somebody." ~ Mario Testino
20. "I said to my mother, 'When you see my name in 'Vogue,' I will have arrived.'" ~ Mario Testino
21. "I think my sense of color I have got from my upbringing in Peru." ~ Mario Testino
22. "I'm really in no one city more than two months during the year. I'm constantly having to readapt my eye to new locations." ~ Mario Testino
23. "I've been criticised for pretty, smiley photographs, but at least someone is happy! In my mind, I am always giving the image to the sitter." ~ Mario Testino

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