Quotes About Style

Fashion photographers are the new painters.

I was looking at this picture of Brooke Shields at Studio 54 the other day. Everyone in the shot looks amazing because they have these black and white cameras with a flash. I think that's what photographers should go back to.

A lot of fashion photographers are telling a story with their pictures.

The kinetic quality of New York, the kids, dirt, madness - I tried to find a photographic style that would come close to it. So I cropped, blurred, played with the negatives.

My living room has an oak-wood floor, Persian carpets, floor-to-ceiling bookcases, a large ficus and large fern, a fireplace with a group of photographs and drawings over it, a glass-top coffee table with a bowl of dried pomegranates on it, and sofas and chairs covered in off-white linen.

The way we dress on 'Mad Men' is so associated with old photographs, with people's parents and grandparents.

The clue to book jacket photography is to look friendly and approachable, but not too glamorous.

I enjoy fashion photography and textiles, that whole aspect of it. As more of an art form, I like Proenza Schouler. Those guys are really cool because they seem to have an interesting approach to it all.

I always take photos from my left side because my jaw line is stronger.

I think, in general, models tend to do their favorite faces or their comfortable face, but your facial expression is just so important. You don't want to have an editorial of 20 photos where it's just you giving a 'Zoolander' face.

If you've ever seen photos of LeBron James away from the basketball court, it's obvious he takes great pride in his appearance.

I always like to start with a great pair of shoes. It's your first contact with the ground, and it can really change the way you move and act physically.

In my opinion, Armani, better than any other designer, does great things for the female form. And a pair of Levis does great things for the male physique. Not that I look.

I think I was called 'the pianist' because of the way I play. It's true that I don't score many goals, just a few, but they are beautiful when I do score! I think it's more about my style of play, how I touch the ball, how I pass the ball, how I move it.

I know what my taste is, and I do like my touch on the piano.

Many people who don't like Rachmaninov's style consider the 'Rhapsody' his masterpiece. It's written fantastically well for orchestra and piano. He combines a lot of effervescence with a deep, Romantic spirit.

I've never had someone pick outfits for me. Almost everything I get is from Goodwill.

I feel naked without jewelry. If I'm having a bad hair day, I pick something from my huge collection of hats.

If there's two things I will never do, it would be grow a beard and pick up the uke again.

If you play jazz, then you play with your fingers. If you're playing rock, you use a pick. There's really no rhyme or reason to that other than that's just the way it has been.

For me Brazilian music is the perfect mix of melody and rhythm. It just bubbles rhythmically. If I had to pick just one music style to play if would be Brazilian.

If I don't like what I'm wearing, you can see it on my face in any picture right away. It makes a big difference when you feel like you're wearing your style, and it's something that you picked out, or you feel really good in it.

I picked up the bass kind of postpunk-style. There's a real art to not learning how to play an instrument and being able to still play it.

Most of my jewellery is what I picked up in India.