Share
×
Inspirational Quotes
Authors
Professions
Topics
Tags
Quote
Being dyslexic, I was told that I was an idiot all the time.
David Bailey
Share
Change background
T
T
T
Change font
Original
TAGS & TOPICS
David Bailey
Age: 86
Born: 1938
Born: January 2
Fashion Photographer
Film Director
Photographer
David Royston Bailey
Time
Dyslexic
Idiot
Told
More quotes by David Bailey
My first influence obviously was Picasso.
David Bailey
It's only a few nutcases who do art for themselves, like Van Gogh.
David Bailey
Girls are more attractive to me than dresses.
David Bailey
The trouble with people like Tony Blair is they get confused, they think intelligence is education when they're two different things.
David Bailey
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.
David Bailey
I don't feel very optimistic in London.
David Bailey
I'm never shocked, I'm not the shockable type!
David Bailey
To get rich, you have to be making money while you're asleep.
David Bailey
I didn't try and do fashion pictures. I tried to do portraits of girls wearing dresses.
David Bailey
I've always been a bit flip.
David Bailey
Fortunately I didn't get educated because if I'd got educated I'd be an educated fool now.
David Bailey
I never set out to be a photographer.
David Bailey
I didn't know I was going to live for 50 years. It has come as a shock.
David Bailey
Being handsome wasn't much of a burden. It worked for me.
David Bailey
I don't think my work does reflect my nationality - I don't like the idea of nationalism.
David Bailey
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.
David Bailey
I never cared for fashion much, amusing little seams and witty little pleats: it was the girls I liked.
David Bailey
My friends are all megalomaniacs - from Damien Hirst to Jack Nicholson - all of them.
David Bailey
I am not responsible for all the journalists in the past that have told lies.
David Bailey
The best advice I ever got was that knowledge is power and to keep reading.
David Bailey