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Sometimes I still can't believe my luck.

David Bailey

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David Bailey
Age: 86
Born: 1938
Born: January 2
Fashion Photographer
Film Director
Photographer
David Royston Bailey
Stills
Still
Sometimes
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I hate being so nostalgic about the Sixties.
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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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I never set out to be a photographer.
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The best advice I ever got was that knowledge is power and to keep reading.
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Being handsome wasn't much of a burden. It worked for me.
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I've always been a bit flip.
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My paintings are rubbish.
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I'm never shocked, I'm not the shockable type!
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I don't feel very optimistic in London.
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The only thing they can't teach you at art school is art.
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Journalists never make it clear when you are joking.
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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 am not responsible for all the journalists in the past that have told lies.
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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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My first influence obviously was Picasso.
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