David Bailey Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“I never tried to revolutionise photography; I just do what I do and keep my fingers crossed that people will like it.”

“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.”

“I was surrounded by strong women so it had never even occurred to me that women were anything other than equal to men.”

“Rockers are the nicest people to photograph. They have no inhibitions.”

“It's not about composition. It's the way you feel about how your objects should relate to each other. I've got lots of African statues and things, and the cleaner arranges them like soldiers, which drives me mad. So I have to rearrange them, and I must drive her mad, because I'm doing anarchy and she's doing military manoeuvres.”

“Fashion often starts off beautiful and becomes ugly, whereas art starts off ugly sometimes and becomes beautiful.”

“The trouble with people like Tony Blair is they get confused, they think intelligence is education when they're two different things.”

“When I die I want to go to Vogue.”

“I always go for simplicity.”

“Girls are more attractive to me than dresses.”