“A positive attitude can really make dreams come true - it did for me.”
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Famous David Bailey Quotes
“The best advice I ever got was that knowledge is power and to keep reading.”
“To get rich, you have to be making money while you're asleep.”
“Rockers are the nicest people to photograph. They have no inhibitions.”
“Anybody can be a great photographer if they zoom in enough on what they love.”
“I was dyslexic, so I was put in the silly class at school.”
“Fortunately I didn't get educated because if I'd got educated I'd be an educated fool now.”
“I like change. There's something Buddhist about it - continuous change is wonderful.”
“Being dyslexic, I was told that I was an idiot all the time.”
“Rather than knowing more, I think I've got more open-minded.”
“I am not responsible for all the journalists in the past that have told lies.”
“I didn't know I was going to live for 50 years. It has come as a shock.”
“I didn't try and do fashion pictures. I tried to do portraits of girls wearing dresses.”
“I don't think my work does reflect my nationality - I don't like the idea of nationalism.”
“I know everything should be photographed. It helps me make sense of my existence.”
“I was ten when I got my first serious beating. It was rough.”
“It's only a few nutcases who do art for themselves, like Van Gogh.”