All that Swinging Sixties nonsense, we all thought it was pass? at the time. – David Bailey
I never cared for fashion much, amusing little seams and witty little pleats: it was the girls I liked. – David Bailey
All pictures are unnatural. All pictures are sad because theyre about dead people. Paintings you dont think of in a special time or with a specific event. With photos I always think Im looking at something dead. – David Bailey
The skull is natures sculpture. – David Bailey
Im not mad about movies, there are too many people involved in the making of them, and they lack a definitive creative focus. – David Bailey
In New York, everyones desperate for success, desperate for money and desperate to be accepted, but in London theyre more laid back about things like that. – David Bailey
London changes because of money. Its real estate. If they can build some offices or expensive apartments they will, its money that changes everything in a city. – David Bailey
To get rich, you have to be making money while youre asleep. – David Bailey
The trouble with people like Tony Blair is they get confused, they think intelligence is education when theyre two different things. – David Bailey
I like change. Theres something Buddhist about it – continuous change is wonderful. – David Bailey
If youre curious, Londons an amazing place. – David Bailey
I didnt know a time when there wasnt a war because I spent all my time from the age of two or three to eight in a coal cellar really. – David Bailey
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
Photography is more about money now but then so are most things. – 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
I love learning new techniques. – 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
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
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
