David Bailey Quotes
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It's only a few nutcases who do art for themselves, like Van Gogh.
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I don't really like the term 'artist.' I'm not sure what it means. It's a bit like 'love.'
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Girls are more attractive to me than dresses.
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The Sixties was a time of breaking down class barriers, although I think class still exists today in some areas.
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I don't like any sport except boxing and bull fighting.
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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.
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I suppose because my work was so popular people didn't really look at it.
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I'm not mad about movies, there are too many people involved in the making of them, and they lack a definitive creative focus.
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Every man who is high up loves to think that he has done it all himself; and the wife smiles, and lets it go at that.
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The skull is nature's sculpture.
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I just thought it was magic that you could stick a bit of paper in some coffee-type liquid and a picture comes out.
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I don't think it matters where I came from any more.
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The earth has a life of its own.
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My father was a tailor, my mother a machinist.
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In a way, a man's body is more beautiful than a woman's.
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I guess I'm the last of the Cockneys.
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If something becomes old-fashioned, it was no good to start with. Think about it. Michelangelo is not old-fashioned.
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I'm not a philosopher, I'm just a simple boy from East Ham.
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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.
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I did painting before I did photography.