Quotes by david bailey
Fashion often starts off beautiful and becomes ugly, whereas art starts off ugly sometimes and becomes beautiful.
The trouble with people like Tony Blair is they get confused, they think intelligence is education when they're two different things.
I've always tried to do pictures that don't date.
I've had some weird experiences.
People want security in this insecure world.
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.
To get rich, you have to be making money while you're asleep.
I never tried to revolutionise photography; I just do what I do and keep my fingers crossed that people will like it.
Girls are more attractive to me than dresses.
I have never met an ugly woman.
I've been used by women all my life, fortunately.
I'm never shocked, I'm not the shockable type!
It's only a few nutcases who do art for themselves, like Van Gogh.
I hate men who are in touch with their feminine side.
I left school on my 15th birthday.
I don't feel very optimistic in London.
I didn't try and do fashion pictures. I tried to do portraits of girls wearing dresses.
Everyone gets old - there's nothing you can do about it.
My father was a tailor, my mother a machinist.
I'm an image-maker.
Journalists never make it clear when you are joking.
The best advice I ever got was that knowledge is power and to keep reading.
The only thing approaching art in a movie is the script.
I don't do proud.
I know everything should be photographed. It helps me make sense of my existence.
