David Bailey Quotes
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I didn't know I was going to live for 50 years. It has come as a shock.
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I didn't try and do fashion pictures. I tried to do portraits of girls wearing dresses.
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I used to love the '20s.
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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.
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If you're curious, London's an amazing place.
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Journalists never make it clear when you are joking.
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I never set out to be a photographer.
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You can't really copy what I do because I don't do anything.
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I never tried to revolutionise photography; I just do what I do and keep my fingers crossed that people will like it.
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I don't think my work does reflect my nationality - I don't like the idea of nationalism.
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In France they don't think I'm difficult.
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I know everything should be photographed. It helps me make sense of my existence.
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I've had some weird experiences.
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I've never been anti-women.