Quotes by 'David Bailey'

David Bailey

David Royston Bailey, CBEis an English fashion and portrait photographer...

lying past responsible

I am not responsible for all the journalists in the past that have told lies.

thinking france difficult

In France they don't think I'm difficult.

war two eight

I didn't know a time when there wasn't a war because I spent all my time from the age of two or three to eight in a coal cellar really.

strong-women strong men

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

thinking knowing open-minded

Rather than knowing more, I think I've got more open-minded.

insecure people want

People want security in this insecure world.

simplicity

I always go for simplicity.

silly school class

I was dyslexic, so I was put in the silly class at school.

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.