David Bailey Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“You can't really copy what I do because I don't do anything.”

“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.”

“I don't think my work does reflect my nationality - I don't like the idea of nationalism.”

“I hate being so nostalgic about the Sixties.”

“If I have any sexist feelings they are aimed at men: I hate manly men.”

“London changes because of money. It's real estate. If they can build some offices or expensive apartments they will, it's money that changes everything in a city.”

“Being trendy is dangerous. I've never been trendy, which is why I've never really fallen out of favour.”

“All pictures are unnatural. All pictures are sad because they're about dead people. Paintings you don't think of in a special time or with a specific event. With photos I always think I'm looking at something dead.”

“Instead of putting someone in prison for being a hooligan, give him a choice. He may have beaten someone up and he's got eight years, but tell him you can do eight years inside or spend five years in the Army. Put him in the Parachute Regiment, they'd soon sort him out.”

“The first half of the 20th century belongs to Picasso, and the second half is about photography. They said digital would kill photography because everyone can do it, but they said that about the box brownie in 1885 when it came out. It makes photography interesting because everyone thinks they can take a picture.”