It always amazes me when people ask you to do something and then tell you how to do it. — David Bailey Copy Share Image
I love people for giving me their time. It's a privilege - I make the most of it. — David Bailey Copy Share Image
Rockers are the nicest people to photograph. They have no inhibitions. — David Bailey Copy Share Image
I suppose because my work was so popular people didn't really look at it. — David Bailey Copy Share Image
I never tried to revolutionise photography; I just do what I do and keep my fingers crossed that people will like it. — David Bailey Copy Share Image
The trouble with people like Tony Blair is they get confused, they think intelligence is education when they're two different things. — David Bailey Copy Share Image
I'm not mad about movies, there are too many people involved in the making of them, and they lack a definitive creative… — David Bailey Copy Share Image
When I stop working, I go out and start working again. Most people paint a picture, or whatever they do, and go… — David Bailey Copy Share Image
All pictures are unnatural. All pictures are sad because they're about dead people. Paintings you don't think of in a special time… — David Bailey Copy Share Image
I'm not mad about movies, there are too many people involved in the making of them, and they lack a definitive creative focus. — David Bailey Copy Share
It takes a lot of imagination to be a good photographer. You need less imagination to be a painter because you can invent things.… — David Bailey Copy Share
When I stop working, I go out and start working again. Most people paint a picture, or whatever they do, and go home. For… — David Bailey Copy Share
The Sixties was a time of breaking down class barriers, although I think class still exists today in some areas. — David Bailey Copy Share
I like change. There's something Buddhist about it - continuous change is wonderful. — David Bailey Copy Share
The reason I did fashion was it was the only way to get paid to do anything creative. You couldn't support yourself as an… — David Bailey Copy Share
I don't think my work does reflect my nationality - I don't like the idea of nationalism. — David Bailey Copy Share
It's not about composition. It's the way you feel about how your objects should relate to each other. I've got lots of African statues… — David Bailey Copy Share
In New York, everyone's desperate for success, desperate for money and desperate to be accepted, but in London they're more laid back about things… — David Bailey Copy Share
I had a terrible time with feminists in the Seventies. They hated me, those women. I think they hated everything. — David Bailey Copy Share
