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David Bailey quotes: The earth has a life of its own.

The earth has a life of its own.

David Bailey quotes: The trouble with people like Tony Blair is they get confused, they think intelligence is education when they're two different things.

The trouble with people like Tony Blair is they get confused, they think intelligence is education when they're two different things.

David Bailey quotes: I always look at people and think how I would cast them.

I always look at people and think how I would cast them.

David Bailey quotes: In France they don't think I'm difficult.

In France they don't think I'm difficult.

David Bailey quotes: I've never been anti-women.

I've never been anti-women.

David Bailey quotes: The only thing approaching art in a movie is the script.

The only thing approaching art in a movie is the script.

David Bailey quotes: The only thing they can't teach you at art school is art.

The only thing they can't teach you at art school is art.

David Bailey quotes: I like change. There's something Buddhist about it - continuous change is wonderful.

I like change. There's something Buddhist about it - continuous change is wonderful.

David Bailey quotes: John Parsons, the gay art director at 'Vogue,' really started my career.

John Parsons, the gay art director at 'Vogue,' really started my career.

David Bailey quotes: My first influence obviously was Picasso.

My first influence obviously was Picasso.

David Bailey quotes: If you're curious, London's an amazing place.

If you're curious, London's an amazing place.

David Bailey quotes: I just thought it was magic that you could stick a bit of paper in some coffee-type liquid and a picture comes out.

I just thought it was magic that you could stick a bit of paper in some coffee-type liquid and a picture comes out.

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.

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: I've been used by women all my life, fortunately.

I've been used by women all my life, fortunately.

David Bailey quotes: If something becomes old-fashioned, it was no good to start with. Think about it. Michelangelo is not old-fashioned.

If something becomes old-fashioned, it was no good to start with. Think about it. Michelangelo is not old-fashioned.

David Bailey quotes: Being dyslexic, I was told that I was an idiot all the time.

Being dyslexic, I was told that I was an idiot all the time.

David Bailey quotes: I am mad about my wife.

I am mad about my wife.

David Bailey quotes: I'm an image-maker.

I'm an image-maker.

David Bailey quotes: In a way, a man's body is more beautiful than a woman's.

In a way, a man's body is more beautiful than a woman's.

David Bailey quotes: I left school on my 15th birthday.

I left school on my 15th birthday.

David Bailey quotes: The best advice I ever got was that knowledge is power and to keep reading.

The best advice I ever got was that knowledge is power and to keep reading.

David Bailey quotes: I don't feel very optimistic in London.

I don't feel very optimistic in London.

David Bailey quotes: Anybody can be a great photographer if they zoom in enough on what they love.

Anybody can be a great photographer if they zoom in enough on what they love.

David Bailey quotes: Journalists never make it clear when you are joking.

Journalists never make it clear when you are joking.

David Bailey quotes: I have always wanted to live in the present and never the past.

I have always wanted to live in the present and never the past.

David Bailey quotes: Botticelli would have made a very good fashion photographer. He did eight heads instead of seven heads in a body, which is fashion illustration.

Botticelli would have made a very good fashion photographer. He did eight heads instead of seven heads in a body, which is fashion illustration.

David Bailey quotes: I was ten when I got my first serious beating. It was rough.

I was ten when I got my first serious beating. It was rough.

David Bailey quotes: I'm not really one for regrets.

I'm not really one for regrets.

David Bailey quotes: I'm not political and I don't judge.

I'm not political and I don't judge.

David Bailey quotes: My paintings are rubbish.

My paintings are rubbish.

David Bailey quotes: I sort of fall in love with them when I'm photographing them - men and women.

I sort of fall in love with them when I'm photographing them - men and women.

David Bailey quotes: I don't think global warming is to do with us, I think it's a natural circle. I don't think a few Ferraris make that much difference.

I don't think global warming is to do with us, I think it's a natural circle. I don't think a few Ferraris make that much difference.

David Bailey quotes: Fortunately I didn't get educated because if I'd got educated I'd be an educated fool now.

Fortunately I didn't get educated because if I'd got educated I'd be an educated fool now.

David Bailey quotes: I guess I'm the last of the Cockneys.

I guess I'm the last of the Cockneys.

David Bailey quotes: I know everything should be photographed. It helps me make sense of my existence.

I know everything should be photographed. It helps me make sense of my existence.

David Bailey quotes: I never cared for fashion much, amusing little seams and witty little pleats: it was the girls I liked.

I never cared for fashion much, amusing little seams and witty little pleats: it was the girls I liked.

David Bailey quotes: Everyone gets old - there's nothing you can do about it.

Everyone gets old - there's nothing you can do about it.

David Bailey quotes: A positive attitude can really make dreams come true - it did for me.

A positive attitude can really make dreams come true - it did for me.

David Bailey quotes: People want security in this insecure world.

People want security in this insecure world.

David Bailey quotes: My friends are all megalomaniacs - from Damien Hirst to Jack Nicholson - all of them.

My friends are all megalomaniacs - from Damien Hirst to Jack Nicholson - all of them.

David Bailey quotes: I was dyslexic, so I was put in the silly class at school.

I was dyslexic, so I was put in the silly class at school.

David Bailey quotes: Kate Moss is the best thing since Jean Shrimpton, really.

Kate Moss is the best thing since Jean Shrimpton, really.

David Bailey quotes: I never set out to be a photographer.

I never set out to be a photographer.

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.

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: Rather than knowing more, I think I've got more open-minded.

Rather than knowing more, I think I've got more open-minded.

David Bailey quotes: It's only a few nutcases who do art for themselves, like Van Gogh.

It's only a few nutcases who do art for themselves, like Van Gogh.

David Bailey quotes: I'm never shocked, I'm not the shockable type!

I'm never shocked, I'm not the shockable type!

David Bailey quotes: I've always been a bit flip.

I've always been a bit flip.

David Bailey quotes: I hate men who are in touch with their feminine side.

I hate men who are in touch with their feminine side.

David Bailey quotes: Good shoes are important. I wear English brogues in a wide fitting. They last me years.

Good shoes are important. I wear English brogues in a wide fitting. They last me years.

David Bailey quotes: Sometimes I still can't believe my luck.

Sometimes I still can't believe my luck.

David Bailey quotes: To get rich, you have to be making money while you're asleep.

To get rich, you have to be making money while you're asleep.

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

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: I used to love the '20s.

I used to love the '20s.

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.

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 suppose because my work was so popular people didn't really look at it.

I suppose because my work was so popular people didn't really look at it.

David Bailey quotes: I don't do proud.

I don't do proud.

David Bailey quotes: Fashion often starts off beautiful and becomes ugly, whereas art starts off ugly sometimes and becomes beautiful.

Fashion often starts off beautiful and becomes ugly, whereas art starts off ugly sometimes and becomes beautiful.

David Bailey quotes: The skull is nature's sculpture.

The skull is nature's sculpture.

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.

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: When I die I want to go to Vogue.

When I die I want to go to Vogue.

David Bailey quotes: You have to kind of be invisible when you photograph children, so you use a longer lens.

You have to kind of be invisible when you photograph children, so you use a longer lens.

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.

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: Being trendy is dangerous. I've never been trendy, which is why I've never really fallen out of favour.

Being trendy is dangerous. I've never been trendy, which is why I've never really fallen out of favour.

David Bailey quotes: I love people for giving me their time. It's a privilege - I make the most of it.

I love people for giving me their time. It's a privilege - I make the most of it.

David Bailey quotes: I had a terrible time with feminists in the Seventies. They hated me, those women. I think they hated everything.

I had a terrible time with feminists in the Seventies. They hated me, those women. I think they hated everything.

David Bailey quotes: I could develop a picture by the time I was 12.

I could develop a picture by the time I was 12.

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.

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 don't think my work does reflect my nationality - I don't like the idea of nationalism.

I don't think my work does reflect my nationality - I don't like the idea of nationalism.

David Bailey quotes: I love learning new techniques.

I love learning new techniques.

David Bailey quotes: It always amazes me when people ask you to do something and then tell you how to do it.

It always amazes me when people ask you to do something and then tell you how to do it.

David Bailey quotes: You can't really copy what I do because I don't do anything.

You can't really copy what I do because I don't do anything.

David Bailey quotes: I always go for simplicity.

I always go for simplicity.

David Bailey quotes: Girls are more attractive to me than dresses.

Girls are more attractive to me than dresses.

David Bailey quotes: I've always tried to do pictures that don't date.

I've always tried to do pictures that don't date.

David Bailey quotes: I don't really like the term 'artist.' I'm not sure what it means. It's a bit like 'love.'

I don't really like the term 'artist.' I'm not sure what it means. It's a bit like 'love.'

David Bailey quotes: My father was a tailor, my mother a machinist.

My father was a tailor, my mother a machinist.

David Bailey quotes: Rockers are the nicest people to photograph. They have no inhibitions.

Rockers are the nicest people to photograph. They have no inhibitions.

David Bailey quotes: Photography is more about money now but then so are most things.

Photography is more about money now but then so are most things.

David Bailey quotes: I'm not a philosopher, I'm just a simple boy from East Ham.

I'm not a philosopher, I'm just a simple boy from East Ham.

David Bailey quotes: I didn't try and do fashion pictures. I tried to do portraits of girls wearing dresses.

I didn't try and do fashion pictures. I tried to do portraits of girls wearing dresses.

David Bailey quotes: I did painting before I did photography.

I did painting before I did photography.

David Bailey quotes: My exploits are nothing now to the average person.

My exploits are nothing now to the average person.

David Bailey quotes: You adapt to who you're photographing.

You adapt to who you're photographing.

David Bailey quotes: Being handsome wasn't much of a burden. It worked for me.

Being handsome wasn't much of a burden. It worked for me.

David Bailey quotes: I am not responsible for all the journalists in the past that have told lies.

I am not responsible for all the journalists in the past that have told lies.

David Bailey quotes: I have never met an ugly woman.

I have never met an ugly woman.

David Bailey quotes: Nothing wrong with retouching - nothing new about retouching.

Nothing wrong with retouching - nothing new about retouching.

David Bailey quotes: There's nothing wrong with being a fashion photographer, but it's a bit limited.

There's nothing wrong with being a fashion photographer, but it's a bit limited.

David Bailey quotes: I didn't know I was going to live for 50 years. It has come as a shock.

I didn't know I was going to live for 50 years. It has come as a shock.

David Bailey quotes: The Sixties was a time of breaking down class barriers, although I think class still exists today in some areas.

The Sixties was a time of breaking down class barriers, although I think class still exists today in some areas.

David Bailey quotes: I don't like any sport except boxing and bull fighting.

I don't like any sport except boxing and bull fighting.

David Bailey quotes: I don't think it matters where I came from any more.

I don't think it matters where I came from any more.

David Bailey quotes: I hate being so nostalgic about the Sixties.

I hate being so nostalgic about the Sixties.

David Bailey quotes: I've had some weird experiences.

I've had some weird experiences.

David Bailey quotes: If I have any sexist feelings they are aimed at men: I hate manly men.

If I have any sexist feelings they are aimed at men: I hate manly men.