David Bailey Quotes - Page 2

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• 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

  Light, Rocks, Tree

  "Di wasn't a great beauty". Interview with Lynn Barber, www.theguardian.com. November 20, 2005.

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

  David Bailey

  Fool, Educated, Educated Fools

  The Scene Interview, edition.cnn.com. November 3, 2006.

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• Actors are hard to photograph because they never want to reveal who they are. You don't know if you're getting a character from a Chekhov play or a Polanski film. It depends what mood they're in.

  David Bailey

  Character, Play, Actors

  "This Much I Know: David Bailey" by Alice Fisher, www.theguardian.com. February 20, 2010.

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

  David Bailey

  Thinking, Knowing, Open Minded

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

  David Bailey

  Buddhist, Wonderful, Continuous Change

  "David Bailey's India: the long click goodbye" by Amelia Gentleman, www.theguardian.com. October 19, 2012.

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

  David Bailey

  Thinking, Class, Today

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

  David Bailey

  Hate, Men, Sides

  "David Bailey: What I've Learned" by Johnny Davis, www.esquire.com. June 02, 2014.

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

  David Bailey

  Firsts, Serious, Rough

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• 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

  School, Exam, Paint

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

  David Bailey

  Years, Shock, Knows

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• My first influence obviously was Picasso.

  David Bailey

  Firsts, Influence

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

  David Bailey

  My Friends, Megalomaniacs, Nicholson

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• I love learning new techniques.

  David Bailey

  Technique, Learning New

  "David Bailey: out of his skulls". Interview with Stuart Jeffries, www.theguardian.com. August 25, 2010.

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

  David Bailey

  Thinking, France, Difficult

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• I don't feel very optimistic in London.

  David Bailey

  Optimistic, London, Feels

  "David Bailey's India: the long click goodbye" by Amelia Gentleman, www.theguardian.com. October 19, 2012.

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• 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

  Real, Cities, Office

  The Scene Interview, edition.cnn.com. November 3, 2006.

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• The skull is nature's sculpture.

  David Bailey

  Skulls, Sculpture

  "David Bailey: out of his skulls" by Stuart Jeffries, www.theguardian.com. August 25, 2010.

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• When I die I want to go to Vogue.

  David Bailey

  Want, Vogue, Dies

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• I'm not really one for regrets.

  David Bailey

  Regret

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

  David Bailey

  Thinking, Feminist, Terrible Times

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

  David Bailey

  Thinking, Ideas, Doe

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• 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

  Thinking, Circles, Differences

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• 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

  War, Eight, Two

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• Journalists never make it clear when you are joking.

  David Bailey

  Clear, Journalist

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

  David Bailey

  Type, Shocked

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