Patrick Demarchelier

“The dog is the perfect portrait subject. He doesn't pose. He isn't aware of the camera.”

“When you are a photographer, you work all the time, because your eye is the first camera.”

“Photographers have to make the clothes look fantastic; that's why we get paid.”

“My stepfather gave me a Kodak camera when I was 17 years old. I started working at a local photo store in Le Havre, France, taking passport pictures and photographing weddings.”

“I do like beauty, but an older woman can be beautiful and a clever woman is beautiful because that beauty shines through.”

“When you're a fashion photographer, you must inspire a dream.”

“Photography is like a moment, an instant. You need a half-second to get the photo. So it's good to capture people when they are themselves.”

“Photography is an accident.”

“When you grow up in the country in France, you have small horizons.”

“Beauty is in the character of a person. It's about having an interesting face and about what's inside. Anyone can take a good picture.”

“Dior Couture is like art - they are the art pieces of a fashion house. Each piece is unique and made by hand.”

“I love all women. Women are sublime beings. I love all of it: their eyes, their noses, their bodies.”

“I don't stop at my past; I like new work. I like what I'm doing tomorrow.”

“Only amazing designers think of the truly new.”