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The earth has a life of its own. — David Bailey

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

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

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

I've never been anti-women. — David Bailey

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

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

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

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

My first influence obviously was Picasso. — David Bailey

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

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

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

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

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

My marriage to David Bailey ended one morning in 1983, while he was away on a photo-shoot. — Marie Helvin

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

I am mad about my wife. — David Bailey

I'm an image-maker. — David Bailey

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

I left school on my 15th birthday. — David Bailey

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

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

My paintings are rubbish. — David Bailey

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I'm not really one for regrets. — David Bailey

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

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

I guess I'm the last of the Cockneys. — David Bailey

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

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

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

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

People want security in this insecure world. — David Bailey

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

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

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

I never set out to be a photographer. — David Bailey

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

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

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

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

I've always been a bit flip. — David Bailey

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

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

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

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

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

I used to love the '20s. — David Bailey

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

I like naughty boys. I was married to David Bailey, who was one of the naughtiest. I like real men, and I like masculinity. — Marie Helvin

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

I don't do proud. — David Bailey

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

The skull is nature's sculpture. — David Bailey

I never tried to revolutionise photography; I just do what I do and keep my fingers crossed that people will like it. — David Bailey

When I die I want to go to Vogue. — David Bailey

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I love learning new techniques. — David Bailey

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

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

I always go for simplicity. — David Bailey

Girls are more attractive to me than dresses. — David Bailey

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I did painting before I did photography. — David Bailey

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

You adapt to who you're photographing. — David Bailey

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

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

I have never met an ugly woman. — David Bailey

Nothing wrong with retouching - nothing new about retouching. — David Bailey

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

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

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

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

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

I hate being so nostalgic about the Sixties. — David Bailey

I've had some weird experiences. — David Bailey

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