David Bailey Quotes - Page 2

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• I've been used by women all my life, fortunately.

  David Bailey

  Used

  "Question time: David Bailey" by Hannah Pool, www.theguardian.com. September 2, 2009.

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• Being handsome wasn't much of a burden. It worked for me.

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  Handsome, Burden

  "David Bailey: What I've Learned" by Johnny Davis, www.esquire.com. June 2, 2014.

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• Girls are more attractive to me than dresses.

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  Girl, Dresses, Attractive

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

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• You adapt to who you're photographing.

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

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  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 only thing approaching art in a movie is the script.

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  Movie, Art, Actors

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

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  Thinking, France, Difficult

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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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  Light, Rocks, Tree

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

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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.

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  Thinking, Circles, Differences

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

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  Thinking, Knowing, Open Minded

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• My paintings are rubbish.

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  Rubbish, Painting

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• You have to kind of be invisible when you photograph children, so you use a longer lens.

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  Children, Lenses, Use

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• I was surrounded by strong women so it had never even occurred to me that women were anything other than equal to men.

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  Strong Women, Strong, Men

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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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  Thinking, Class, Today

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• The skull is nature's sculpture.

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  Skulls, Sculpture

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

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

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  Firsts, Serious, Rough

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• I'm not really one for regrets.

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  Regret

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• When I die I want to go to Vogue.

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  Want, Vogue, Dies

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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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  Years, Shock, Knows

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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.

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  School, Exam, Paint

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• My first influence obviously was Picasso.

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  Firsts, Influence

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• I love learning new techniques.

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  Technique, Learning New

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

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• I don't feel very optimistic in London.

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  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.

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  Real, Cities, Office

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

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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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  Thinking, Ideas, Doe

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