Juergen Teller Quotes

I grew up watching my father work, and learning from him what good quality is. I took from him the passion to create beautiful and exclusive products. He also taught me to persevere if I want to reach my goals.

If you give it good concentration, good energy, good heart and good performance, the song will play you.

We put everything we had into this record, just like we do with every other record that we make.

How do you take what you do as seriously as possible but not so seriously that it ends up inhibiting what you do?

If I am a cup maker, I'm interested in making the best cup I possibly can. My effort goes into that cup, not what people think about it.

I've tried to work really hard on never phoning in the lyrics.

I take pride in my craft, and I work extremely hard.

Any activity becomes creative when the doer cares about doing it right or better.

Art doesn't spring from the muses alone, but from hard work.

I always try to write the best I can.

I find mediocrity hard. I find that whole area difficult. I'm a very passionate person; I care very much about what I do. I believe I give it a lot, so it's gotta be good; otherwise, what's the point?

When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece.

There is no room in the world, as you say, for second rate work.

Put your heart, mind, and soul into even your smallest acts. This is the secret of success.

My focus is my art, and that's what I love to do. I have to be really passionate in order to do something. I've turned down many things that I just didn't believe in.

We only take on projects that we're really passionate about.

The rules are simple. Take your work, but never yourself, seriously. Pour in the love and whatever skill you have, and it will come out.

On a good day I write, all day.

I'm more and more fascinated in my own work. I work from 10 A.M. until about 9 P.M., but it's not an obsession, it's a pleasure. There's never enough time.

My inspiration is always love and history, and my passion to a fault is craftsmanship and responsibility. Those are the simplest things. It goes beyond jewelry. It's every part of my life.

Music is my passion - it's what I love and it's in my blood. You can never take me away from my work.

Whatever it is that I am working on is what I become obsessed with.

Better not to work on things that you're not in love with.

I think if people are passionate about something, it could be real estate or biochemistry, and that spark gets turned on in them, everyone's beautiful in that zone.

When you do everything to make the very best product, it also means you're very focused on just a few products.