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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
Dyslexic
Silly
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The reason I did fashion was it was the only way to get paid to do anything creative. You couldn't support yourself as an 'artist' - I hate that word. The only way you could be 'arty' was as a fashion photographer, because it still had a certain amount of integrity involved.
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I've always been a bit flip.
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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 don't feel very optimistic in London.
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I am not responsible for all the journalists in the past that have told lies.
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I know everything should be photographed. It helps me make sense of my existence.
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I didn't know I was going to live for 50 years. It has come as a shock.
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Girls are more attractive to me than dresses.
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Being handsome wasn't much of a burden. It worked for me.
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My first influence obviously was Picasso.
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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 always go for simplicity.
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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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It's only a few nutcases who do art for themselves, like Van Gogh.
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Fortunately I didn't get educated because if I'd got educated I'd be an educated fool now.
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A positive attitude can really make dreams come true - it did for me.
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People want security in this insecure world.
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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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I never set out to be a photographer.
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