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David Bailey Inspirational Quotes (46)

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It takes a lot of imagination to be a good photographer. You need less imagination to be a painter because you can invent things. But in photography everything is so ordinary it takes a lot of looking before you learn to see the extraordinary.
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I never cared for fashion much, amusing little seams and witty little pleats: it was the girls I liked.
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Sometimes I still can't believe my luck.
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I always go for simplicity.
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The only thing approaching art in a movie is the script.
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A positive attitude can really make dreams come true - it did for me.
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My paintings are rubbish.
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The only thing they can't teach you at art school is art.
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You have to kind of be invisible when you photograph children, so you use a longer lens.
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In '73 I photographed the cannibals in New Guinea. They treated me OK but they didn't make you feel relaxed... I managed to escape unscathed though, I'm pretty good at that.
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It is a sign of a dull nature to occupy oneself deeply in matters that concern the body for instance, to be over much occupied about exercise, about eating and drinking, about easing oneself, about sexual intercourse.
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I've always been a bit flip.
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The trouble with people like Tony Blair is they get confused, they think intelligence is education when they're two different things.
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In France they don't think I'm difficult.
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I didn't try and do fashion pictures. I tried to do portraits of girls wearing dresses.
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I had a terrible time with feminists in the Seventies. They hated me, those women. I think they hated everything.
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Journalists never make it clear when you are joking.
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I don't think my work does reflect my nationality - I don't like the idea of nationalism.
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I'm never shocked, I'm not the shockable type!
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I know everything should be photographed. It helps me make sense of my existence.
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The Sixties was a time of breaking down class barriers, although I think class still exists today in some areas.
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Being dyslexic, I was told that I was an idiot all the time.
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I hate being so nostalgic about the Sixties.
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I am not responsible for all the journalists in the past that have told lies.
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