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David Bailey
English
Photographer
About the author
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.
David Bailey,
English
Photographer
#Imagination
#Photography
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.
David Bailey,
English
Photographer
#Eating
#Exercise
#Nature
#Body
#Drinking
#Concern
Rockers are the nicest people to photograph. They have no inhibitions.
David Bailey,
English
Photographer
#People
I never cared for fashion much, amusing little seams and witty little pleats: it was the girls I liked.
David Bailey,
English
Photographer
#Fashion
#Girls
#Witty
Every man who is high up loves to think that he has done it all himself; and the wife smiles, and lets it go at that.
David Bailey,
English
Photographer
#Wife
#Man
#Smiles
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.
David Bailey,
English
Photographer
#Time
#People
A positive attitude can really make dreams come true - it did for me.
David Bailey,
English
Photographer
#Dreams
#Positive
#Attitude
People want security in this insecure world.
David Bailey,
English
Photographer
#Want
#Security
#People
#World
When I die I want to go to Vogue.
David Bailey,
English
Photographer
#Want