Artist Quotes by David Bailey

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

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

— David Bailey

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

I don't do proud.

— David Bailey

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

The Sixties was a time of breaking down class barriers, although I think class still exists today in some areas.

— David Bailey

Rockers are the nicest people to photograph. They have no inhibitions.

— David Bailey

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

— David Bailey

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

I don't think my work does reflect my nationality - I don't like the idea of nationalism.

— David Bailey

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

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

I hate being so nostalgic about the Sixties.

— David Bailey

Girls are more attractive to me than dresses.

— David Bailey

I had a terrible time with feminists in the Seventies. They hated me, those women. I think they hated everything.

— David Bailey