Top 112 Quotes by David Bailey

About David Bailey

These are some quotes by English author David Bailey Photographer, who was born on January 2, 1938.

Journalists never make it clear when you are joking.

Journalists never make it clear when you are joking.

David Bailey

I hate being so nostalgic about the Sixties.

I hate being so nostalgic about the Sixties.

David Bailey

Being handsome wasn't much of a burden. It worked for me.

Being handsome wasn't much of a burden. It worked for me.

David Bailey

Fashion often starts off beautiful and becomes ugly, whereas art starts off ugly sometimes and becomes beautiful.

Fashion often starts off beautiful and becomes ugly, whereas art starts off ugly sometimes and becomes beautiful.

David Bailey

The first half of the 20th century belongs to Picasso, and the second half is about photography. They said digital would kill photography because everyone can do it, but they said that about the box brownie in 1885 when it came out. It makes photography interesting because everyone thinks they can take a picture.

David Bailey

The best advice I ever got was that knowledge is power and to keep reading.

The best advice I ever got was that knowledge is power and to keep reading.

David Bailey

I just thought it was magic that you could stick a bit of paper in some coffee-type liquid and a picture comes out.

I just thought it was magic that you could stick a bit of paper in some coffee-type liquid and a picture comes out.

David Bailey

Anybody can be a great photographer if they zoom in enough on what they love.

Anybody can be a great photographer if they zoom in enough on what they love.

David Bailey

In a way, a man's body is more beautiful than a woman's.

In a way, a man's body is more beautiful than a woman's.

David Bailey

I never set out to be a photographer.

I never set out to be a photographer.

David Bailey

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