Rockers are the nicest people to photograph. They have no inhibitions. — David Bailey Copy Share Image
I sort of fall in love with them when I'm photographing them - men and women. — David Bailey Copy Share Image
There's nothing wrong with being a fashion photographer, but it's a bit limited. — David Bailey Copy Share Image
I know everything should be photographed. It helps me make sense of my existence. — 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
I didn't try and do fashion pictures. I tried to do portraits of girls wearing dresses. — David Bailey Copy Share Image
Anybody can be a great photographer if they zoom in enough on what they love. — David Bailey Copy Share Image
Botticelli would have made a very good fashion photographer. He did eight heads instead of seven heads in a body, which is… — David Bailey Copy Share Image
You have to kind of be invisible when you photograph children, so you use a longer lens. — David Bailey Copy Share Image
In '73 I photographed the cannibals in New Guinea. They treated me OK but they didn't make you feel relaxed... I managed… — David Bailey Copy Share Image
It takes a lot of imagination to be a good photographer. You need less imagination to be a painter because you can… — David Bailey Copy Share Image
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… — 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
The first half of the 20th century belongs to Picasso, and the second half is about photography. They said digital would kill… — 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
