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The best advice I ever got was that knowledge is power and to keep reading.

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David Bailey
Age: 86
Born: 1938
Born: January 2
Fashion Photographer
Film Director
Photographer
David Royston Bailey
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Actors are hard to photograph because they never want to reveal who they are. You don't know if you're getting a character from a Chekhov play or a Polanski film. It depends what mood they're in.
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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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It's only a few nutcases who do art for themselves, like Van Gogh.
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I hate men who are in touch with their feminine side.
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To get rich, you have to be making money while you're asleep.
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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 difference.
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The only thing approaching art in a movie is the script.
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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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I was dyslexic, so I was put in the silly class at school.
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I hate being so nostalgic about the Sixties.
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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 hang around and wait for the light.
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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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My friends are all megalomaniacs - from Damien Hirst to Jack Nicholson - all of them.
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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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People want security in this insecure world.
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Being handsome wasn't much of a burden. It worked for me.
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I always go for simplicity.
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A positive attitude can really make dreams come true - it did for me.
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The skull is nature's sculpture.
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