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I've been used by women all my life, fortunately.

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David Bailey
Age: 86
Born: 1938
Born: January 2
Fashion Photographer
Film Director
Photographer
David Royston Bailey
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Women
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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.
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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 didn't know I was going to live for 50 years. It has come as a shock.
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I never set out to be a photographer.
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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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In France they don't think I'm difficult.
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The only thing they can't teach you at art school is art.
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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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The only thing approaching art in a movie is the script.
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I hate men who are in touch with their feminine side.
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I hate being so nostalgic about the Sixties.
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To get rich, you have to be making money while you're asleep.
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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 don't think my work does reflect my nationality - I don't like the idea of nationalism.
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I'm never shocked, I'm not the shockable type!
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I was dyslexic, so I was put in the silly class at school.
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I don't feel very optimistic in London.
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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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A positive attitude can really make dreams come true - it did for me.
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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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