Helmut Newton

My job as a portrait photographer is to seduce, amuse and entertain.

They often ask me to shoot for them. But I say no. I think an old guy like me ought not take pages away from young photographers who need the exposure.

It's that I don't like white paper backgrounds. A woman does not live in front of white paper. She lives on the street, in a motor car, in a hotel room.

Technology is characterized by constant change, rapid innovation, creative destruction, and revolutionary products.

In 1938, I was given a one-year teaching appointment, which was sensational for British universities. This was converted into the usual four-year contract for an Assistant Lecturer in 1939.

I'm a terrible grocery shopper. I hardly ever do it. And if I do, there's never more than three things in the bag.