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I was dyslexic, so I was put in the silly class at school.

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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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Dyslexic

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I've always been a bit flip.
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I am not responsible for all the journalists in the past that have told lies.
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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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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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A positive attitude can really make dreams come true - it did for me.
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Rockers are the nicest people to photograph. They have no inhibitions.
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The only thing they can't teach you at art school is art.
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Sometimes I still can't believe my luck.
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In France they don't think I'm difficult.
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I've been used by women all my life, fortunately.
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I never set out to be a photographer.
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I always go for simplicity.
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People want security in this insecure world.
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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 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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My paintings are rubbish.
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It's only a few nutcases who do art for themselves, like Van Gogh.
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The best advice I ever got was that knowledge is power and to keep reading.
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