David Bailey
David Bailey
David Royston Bailey, CBEis an English fashion and portrait photographer...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPhotographer
Date of Birth2 January 1938
fool educated educated-fools
Fortunately I didn't get educated because if I'd got educated I'd be an educated fool now.
girl dresses attractive
Girls are more attractive to me than dresses.
buddhist wonderful continuous-change
I like change. There's something Buddhist about it - continuous change is wonderful.
believe luck sometimes
Sometimes I still can't believe my luck.
school exam paint
All I could do at school was paint and draw and that was the only time I ever passed any exam. It was the only thing I ever got right at school.
idiot dyslexic
Being dyslexic, I was told that I was an idiot all the time.
birthday school left
I left school on my 15th birthday.
children father chess
I was a terrible father. The most I ever did for my children was to teach them chess. At least they got that.
girl fashion trying
I didn't try and do fashion pictures. I tried to do portraits of girls wearing dresses.
optimistic london feels
I don't feel very optimistic in London.
sports fighting boxing
I don't like any sport except boxing and bull fighting.
nicholson my-friends megalomaniacs
My friends are all megalomaniacs - from Damien Hirst to Jack Nicholson - all of them.
rubbish painting
My paintings are rubbish.
thinking class today
The Sixties was a time of breaking down class barriers, although I think class still exists today in some areas.