David Bailey Quotes
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I've been used by women all my life, fortunately.
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I don't think my work does reflect my nationality - I don't like the idea of nationalism.
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People want security in this insecure world.
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My friends are all megalomaniacs - from Damien Hirst to Jack Nicholson - all of them.
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Fortunately I didn't get educated because if I'd got educated I'd be an educated fool now.
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I always go for simplicity.
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I don't see the point of photographing trees or rocks because they're there and anyone can photograph them if they're prepared to hang around and wait for the light.
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I'm never shocked, I'm not the shockable type!
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Fashion often starts off beautiful and becomes ugly, whereas art starts off ugly sometimes and becomes beautiful.
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I hate being so nostalgic about the Sixties.
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Journalists never make it clear when you are joking.
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In France they don't think I'm difficult.
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I was a terrible father. The most I ever did for my children was to teach them chess. At least they got that.
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The Sixties was a time of breaking down class barriers, although I think class still exists today in some areas.
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Being dyslexic, I was told that I was an idiot all the time.
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You adapt to who you're photographing.
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I don't like any sport except boxing and bull fighting.
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Anybody can be a great photographer if they zoom in enough on what they love.
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I was dyslexic, so I was put in the silly class at school.
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I didn't know I was going to live for 50 years. It has come as a shock.
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I know everything should be photographed. It helps me make sense of my existence.
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The best advice I ever got was that knowledge is power and to keep reading.
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My paintings are rubbish.
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Sometimes I still can't believe my luck.
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To get rich, you have to be making money while you're asleep.
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London changes because of money. It's real estate. If they can build some offices or expensive apartments they will, it's money that changes everything in a city.
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You have to kind of be invisible when you photograph children, so you use a longer lens.
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The reason I did fashion was it was the only way to get paid to do anything creative. You couldn't support yourself as an 'artist' - I hate that word. The only way you could be 'arty' was as a fashion photographer, because it still had a certain amount of integrity involved.
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I hate men who are in touch with their feminine side.
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Rather than knowing more, I think I've got more open-minded.
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