Quotes by David Bailey

• 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.
• 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.
• Rockers are the nicest people to photograph. They have no inhibitions.
• I never cared for fashion much, amusing little seams and witty little pleats: it was the girls I liked.
• 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.
• 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.
• A positive attitude can really make dreams come true - it did for me.
• People want security in this insecure world.
• When I die I want to go to Vogue.
• Life is like a camera: focus on what's important, capture the good times, eschew the negatives, and if things don’t work out, take another shot!
• Life is like a camera: focus on what’s important, capture the good times, develop from the negatif, and if things don’t work out, take another shot!
• Life is like a camera: you focus on what's important, capture the good times, develop from the negatives, and if things don't work out, take another shot.
• Life is like a camera: focus on what's important, capture the good times, and if things don’t turn out, just take another shot!
• Life is like a camera; focus on what’s important, capture the good times, develop from the negatives, and if it doesn’t work out, take another shot!
• Life is like a camera: focus on what's important, capture the good times, develop from the negatives, and, if things don't turn out, take another shot.