Quote

I know everything should be photographed. It helps me make sense of my existence.

David Bailey

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

David Bailey
Age: 86
Born: 1938
Born: January 2
Fashion Photographer
Film Director
Photographer
David Royston Bailey
Existence
Sense
Helping
Everything
Make
Photographed
Helps

More quotes by David Bailey

Image
I've always been a bit flip.
David Bailey
Image
The only thing they can't teach you at art school is art.
David Bailey
Image
I've been used by women all my life, fortunately.
David Bailey
Image
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.
David Bailey
Image
I didn't try and do fashion pictures. I tried to do portraits of girls wearing dresses.
David Bailey
Image
Being handsome wasn't much of a burden. It worked for me.
David Bailey
Image
The Sixties was a time of breaking down class barriers, although I think class still exists today in some areas.
David Bailey
Image
Fortunately I didn't get educated because if I'd got educated I'd be an educated fool now.
David Bailey
Image
I hate men who are in touch with their feminine side.
David Bailey
Image
In France they don't think I'm difficult.
David Bailey
Image
It is a sign of a dull nature to occupy oneself deeply in matters that concern the body for instance, to be over much occupied about exercise, about eating and drinking, about easing oneself, about sexual intercourse.
David Bailey
Image
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
Image
To get rich, you have to be making money while you're asleep.
David Bailey
Image
The best advice I ever got was that knowledge is power and to keep reading.
David Bailey
Image
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.
David Bailey
Image
My paintings are rubbish.
David Bailey
Image
A positive attitude can really make dreams come true - it did for me.
David Bailey
Image
I'm never shocked, I'm not the shockable type!
David Bailey
Image
I never cared for fashion much, amusing little seams and witty little pleats: it was the girls I liked.
David Bailey
Image
The skull is nature's sculpture.
David Bailey