Juergen Teller Quotes

Juergen Teller

Profession : Photographer

Birth : January 28, 1964

It's important to spend time with your work. That's when you see it, when you have a feeling.

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For me, cinema is very important. I grew up with television; then, as a teenager, you discover cinema.

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I had no visual imagination as a child. I liked playing football. That was it.

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I wasn't aware it could make me rich or famous. I just wanted to take pictures.

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When you have your own kid, it suddenly makes you more aware of how your parents treated you and educated you. Your relationships with your partner, your uncles, your mother all change; you're more conscious of where you came from, of where your roots are. I find that very interesting.

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In Bavaria, many homes have a cosy room which is all wood and is filled with special things. My grandfather had such a room, and he made the panels on the walls himself; each one told a story.

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I like people with conviction, who are in control of themselves. I'm not interested in working with a designer who hires a creative director.

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What's the point of shorts if they're not short?

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I don't understand longer shorts. I don't think they look good on anyone.

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I don't care what other people think. I hate conforming, that you have to wear this to a business meeting or that to a dinner. I've never worked that way.

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A few brands have asked me to design shorts for them. I'm not sure about that. I don't want to have them as a mass product, and suddenly everybody is walking around in them.

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I cycle whenever possible around London. But I travel first class when I need to fly.

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I like physical exercise. I cycle, run, and play tennis and football with my son.

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It was really inspiring to be in West London in the late 1980s and early 1990s, especially in Mark Lebon's Crunch Studios, where I met people like Ray Petri, Neneh Cherry, Judy Blame, Nick and Barry Kamen, Zoe Bedeaux, and Venetia Scott.

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I would be lost without my family.

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I like Ryan McGinley's work.

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I always work with two cameras. Its kind of like I'm hypnotizing the subject with the flashing. It's a bombardment of action, flashes, and I think it helps them to ease into the process.

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My father and one of my grandfathers died very early, and female figures have been an influential part of my life.

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In Germany, the body is treated rather differently than in the U.K. or U.S. I grew up with a swimming pool in our garden and a sauna in our basement.

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