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David Bailey Quotes

Journalists never make it clear when you are joking Picture Quote #1

My paintings are rubbish Picture Quote #1

You adapt to who you’re photographing Picture Quote #1

When I stop working, I go out and start working again. Most people paint a picture, or whatever they do, and go home. For me, it has to be continuous Picture Quote #1

Being trendy is dangerous. I’ve never been trendy, which is why I’ve never really fallen out of favour Picture Quote #1

Fashion often starts off beautiful and becomes ugly, whereas art starts off ugly sometimes and becomes beautiful Picture Quote #1

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I didn’t know I was going to live for 50 years. It has come as a shock Picture Quote #1

I didn’t know a time when there wasn’t a war because I spent all my time from the age of two or three to eight in a coal cellar really Picture Quote #1

I didn’t try and do fashion pictures. I tried to do portraits of girls wearing dresses Picture Quote #1

In New York, everyone's desperate for success, desperate for money and desperate to be accepted, but in London they're more laid back about things like that Picture Quote #1

I'm not mad about movies, there are too many people involved in the making of them, and they lack a definitive creative focus Picture Quote #1

I sort of fall in love with them when I'm photographing them - men and women Picture Quote #1

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I was surrounded by strong women so it had never even occurred to me that women were anything other than equal to men Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

It is a sign of a dull nature to occupy oneself deeply in matters that concern the body; for instance, to be over much occupied about exercise, about eating and drinking, about easing oneself, about sexual intercourse Picture Quote #1

It takes a lot of imagination to be a good photographer. You need less imagination to be a painter because you can invent things. But in photography everything is so ordinary; it takes a lot of looking before you learn to see the extraordinary Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

All pictures are unnatural. All pictures are sad because they’re about dead people. Paintings you don’t think of in a special time or with a specific event. With photos I always think I’m looking at something dead Picture Quote #1

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I never cared for fashion much, amusing little seams and witty little pleats: it was the girls I liked Picture Quote #1

I never tried to revolutionise photography; I just do what I do and keep my fingers crossed that people will like it Picture Quote #1

Fortunately I didn’t get educated because if I’d got educated I’d be an educated fool now Picture Quote #1

All I could do at school was paint and draw and that was the only time I ever passed any exam. It was the only thing I ever got right at school Picture Quote #1

You can’t really copy what I do because I don’t do anything Picture Quote #1

I was a terrible father. The most I ever did for my children was to teach them chess. At least they got that Picture Quote #1

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Every man who is high up loves to think that he has done it all himself; and the wife smiles, and lets it go at that Picture Quote #1

You have to kind of be invisible when you photograph children, so you use a longer lens Picture Quote #1

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Journalists never make it clear when you are joking (David Bailey Quotes) My paintings are rubbish (David Bailey Quotes) You adapt to who you’re photographing (David Bailey Quotes) When I stop working, I go out and start working again. Most people paint a picture, or whatever they do, and go home. For me, it has to be continuous (David Bailey Quotes) Being trendy is dangerous. I’ve never been trendy, which is why I’ve never really fallen out of favour (David Bailey Quotes) Fashion often starts off beautiful and becomes ugly, whereas art starts off ugly sometimes and becomes beautiful (David Bailey Quotes) I didn’t know I was going to live for 50 years. It has come as a shock (David Bailey Quotes) I didn’t know a time when there wasn’t a war because I spent all my time from the age of two or three to eight in a coal cellar really (David Bailey Quotes) I didn’t try and do fashion pictures. I tried to do portraits of girls wearing dresses (David Bailey Quotes) In New York, everyone's desperate for success, desperate for money and desperate to be accepted, but in London they're more laid back about things like that (David Bailey Quotes) I'm not mad about movies, there are too many people involved in the making of them, and they lack a definitive creative focus (David Bailey Quotes) I sort of fall in love with them when I'm photographing them - men and women (David Bailey Quotes) I was surrounded by strong women so it had never even occurred to me that women were anything other than equal to men (David Bailey Quotes) 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 (David Bailey Quotes) It is a sign of a dull nature to occupy oneself deeply in matters that concern the body; for instance, to be over much occupied about exercise, about eating and drinking, about easing oneself, about sexual intercourse (David Bailey Quotes) It takes a lot of imagination to be a good photographer. You need less imagination to be a painter because you can invent things. But in photography everything is so ordinary; it takes a lot of looking before you learn to see the extraordinary (David Bailey Quotes) 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 (David Bailey Quotes) All pictures are unnatural. All pictures are sad because they’re about dead people. Paintings you don’t think of in a special time or with a specific event. With photos I always think I’m looking at something dead (David Bailey Quotes) I never cared for fashion much, amusing little seams and witty little pleats: it was the girls I liked (David Bailey Quotes) I never tried to revolutionise photography; I just do what I do and keep my fingers crossed that people will like it (David Bailey Quotes) Fortunately I didn’t get educated because if I’d got educated I’d be an educated fool now (David Bailey Quotes) All I could do at school was paint and draw and that was the only time I ever passed any exam. It was the only thing I ever got right at school (David Bailey Quotes) You can’t really copy what I do because I don’t do anything (David Bailey Quotes) I was a terrible father. The most I ever did for my children was to teach them chess. At least they got that (David Bailey Quotes) Every man who is high up loves to think that he has done it all himself; and the wife smiles, and lets it go at that (David Bailey Quotes) You have to kind of be invisible when you photograph children, so you use a longer lens (David Bailey Quotes)

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