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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
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David Royston Bailey
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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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Being dyslexic, I was told that I was an idiot all the time.
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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 was dyslexic, so I was put in the silly class at school.
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The skull is nature's sculpture.
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The best advice I ever got was that knowledge is power and to keep reading.
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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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A positive attitude can really make dreams come true - it did for me.
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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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To get rich, you have to be making money while you're asleep.
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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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I didn't know I was going to live for 50 years. It has come as a shock.
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The only thing they can't teach you at art school is art.
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I don't feel very optimistic in London.
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I hate being so nostalgic about the Sixties.
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My friends are all megalomaniacs - from Damien Hirst to Jack Nicholson - all of them.
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I've been used by women all my life, fortunately.
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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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My first influence obviously was Picasso.
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