Quotes from Juergen Teller

Nudity is no big deal as a German. It's all rather normal and boring.

I have a Mercedes. I wear a Rolex watch. I have no problem with the selling of things.

I'm not interested in running around from one shoot to another.

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.

For my 50th birthday, my cousin Helmut gave me the most profound, beautiful, and striking present. He made books out of my dad's slide photographs, which were stored and forgotten. Looking at those books made me cry.

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.

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.

I often photograph something as if the subject matter was realistic, but it is actually a fantasy.

When I came to London in 1986, I was amazed at how prudish everyone was.

I like the luxurious, dressing-up aspect of fashion.