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
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
Fashion often starts off beautiful and becomes ugly, whereas art starts off ugly sometimes and becomes beautiful. – David Bailey
I never cared for fashion much, amusing little seams and witty little pleats: it was the girls I liked. – David Bailey
Its a great excuse and luxury, having a job and blaming it for your inability to do your own art. When you dont have to work, you are left with the horror of facing your own lack of imagination and your own emptiness. A devastating possibility when finally time is your own. – Julian Schnabel