David Royston Bailey, CBE (born 2 January 1938) is an English fashion and portrait photographer. Read full biography of David Bailey →
I hate being so nostalgic about the Sixties.
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... →
People want security in this insecure world.
When I die I want to go to Vogue.
If something becomes old-fashioned, it was no good to start with. Think about it. Michelangelo is not old-fashioned.
I was dyslexic, so I was put in the silly class at school.
I never cared for fashion much, amusing little seams and witty little pleats: it was the girls I liked.
Being dyslexic, I was told that I was an idiot all the time.
I left school on my 15th birthday.
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... →
Sometimes I still can't believe my luck.
I never set out to be a photographer.
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... →