David Bailey Quotes
- Being dyslexic, I was told that I was an idiot all the time.
- I left school on my 15th birthday.
- I never cared for fashion much, amusing little seams and witty little pleats: it was the girls I liked.
- I was a terrible father. The most I ever did for my children was to teach them chess. At least they got that.
- I'm not really one for regrets.
- Rather than knowing more, I think I've got more open-minded.
- 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…
- Being trendy is dangerous. I've never been trendy, which is why I've never really fallen out of favour.
- I am not responsible for all the journalists in the past that have told lies.
- I didn't know a time when there wasn't a war because I spent all my time from the age of two or three to eight…
- I didn't know I was going to live for 50 years. It has come as a shock.
- I didn't try and do fashion pictures. I tried to do portraits of girls wearing dresses.
- I don't feel very optimistic in London.
- I don't like any sport except boxing and bull fighting.
- 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…
- I don't think my work does reflect my nationality - I don't like the idea of nationalism.
- I had a terrible time with feminists in the Seventies. They hated me, those women. I think they hated everything.
- I hate being so nostalgic about the Sixties.
- I hate men who are in touch with their feminine side.
- I know everything should be photographed. It helps me make sense of my existence.