Top 33 Mary McCartney Quotes

To have a beautiful sandy beach in Scotland seems like such a contradiction.

My dad, hes quite fun – he likes those unexpected pictures as well, so hell mess around and go wandering with me to get his picture taken.

I think if youre going to cut meat and fish out of your diet, you dont want to feel youre missing out.

I dont have a problem with taking photos on phones as they are pretty good quality now. But if you are really interested in creating more artistic images, it would be worth exploring a proper camera at some point!

Mum always had a camera with her on her shoulder, so I just thought everyone took pictures. Sometimes shed set her camera for us and wed take the pictures.

After leaving college I got a job as a photo editor. Then, looking through my mum’s photo archive inspired me to take it seriously.

Mandarin Oriental hotels are great at making you feel at home. They remember things: for instance which pillow you like. You can get ones filled with buckwheat or lavender.

Im always looking and watching people and how they behave and wondering how they got where they are.

Ive been in photography for over 20 years now, and I dont think people commission me because of my name. At some point, the commissions would have dried up if I didnt do what I do well.

Id love to visit India; it looks like such an interesting place, so vibrant and full of colour.

The best thing is when you make something up, and then someone asks for the recipe.

Ive always loved Jamaica as its weather is so different from that in England. Theres something lovely, too, about walking along the beach in the evening, with sand between your toes, the sound of waves lapping and the breeze rustling the leaves.

But I could never in a million years get up on a stage, ever. Even thinking about it makes me feel like fainting.

Interrupting people mid-sentence is my worst habit. I cant help myself. I get overexcited in the middle of a conversation and I just butt in.

I have all my contact sheets filed, from the first photograph I took to the present day.

I love photographing people in New York; it has such a great cross-section of people from all over the world.

When I go back through my work, I can see that I knew what I wanted to do. As a younger woman it took me a while to get the confidence and to try, but if anything, my eye has remained the same – though I’ve obviously learned along the way.

Thats part of what I love about photography – the images I like are the ones that look the most relaxed, but a lot of skill goes into making them look that that relaxed.

It was normal to us, like having a camera or seeing Mum and Dad play live – what you grow up with is normal to you. When you get a bit older and go to school, and see what other peoples families are like, then you start comparing it to your life.

I can whistle really loudly. You know the two-fingered whistle? That. People are usually really surprised that I can do it.

I’m always trying to make a connection with the person I’m photographing. I don’t want to just come away with a shot that I think is interesting – I also want the subject to like that shot of themselves.

My mum was quite a wanderer. She had a real sense of adventure and a cheekiness to her, which is something I like and that I try to take into my style of work.

I got a Leica film camera and just started wandering the streets. What really touched my heart were those unexpected and unplanned moments of life observed.

I like meeting people and I like connecting with people, but I still find Im quite shy about it. I find it stressful, but I like it.

There’s not a lot of pink in my home, definitely. But I like the chaos, luckily.

With my mum, I grew up watching her taking photographs, but with your parents, you just go, Those are my parents. Then you get to a certain age and, if youre lucky, you have the opportunity to talk to them.

If I eat too righteously, I turn to crisps and crappy chocolate bars.

My style of cooking is definitely inspired by my mum. She called herself a peasant cook. Shed make recipes up from whatever was in the larder.

I have a really early childhood memory of being in a darkroom with Mum when I was four or five.

Most people feel uncomfortable in front of a camera. They find it very hard to be themselves.

Through food, Ive become more interested in the protection of soil, the way things are grown, and biodiversity.

I love kissing. I love kissing my husband, I love kissing my kids, I love kissing my horse. I dont like kissing dogs – I see what they sniff.

You know, Im directing a documentary about the history of Abbey Road Studios at the moment, so Ive been taken back to those times. There is a photograph of me aged three months on one of the sofas in the studio, so I was there before I can remember being there.