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" My friends are all megalomaniacs - from Damien Hirst to Jack Nicholson - all of them. "
David Bailey
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" 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. "
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" I'm not political and I don't judge. "
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" The only thing they can't teach you at art school is art. "
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" In '73 I photographed the cannibals in New Guinea. They treated me OK but they didn't make you feel relaxed... I managed to escape unscathed though, I'm pretty good at that. "
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" I had a terrible time with feminists in the Seventies. They hated me, those women. I think they hated everything. "
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" 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 around and wait for the light. "
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" Actors are hard to photograph because they never want to reveal who they are. You don't know if you're getting a character from a Chekhov play or a Polanski film. It depends what mood they're in. "
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" I did painting before I did photography. "
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" I have always wanted to live in the present and never the past. "
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" I won't do advertising if they bring a layout and say, 'This is what we want to do,' because anybody can do that; it's not interesting. They've got digital and the computer; it's not taking pictures, it's not magic - it's a picture done by committee. "
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" Being trendy is dangerous. I've never been trendy, which is why I've never really fallen out of favour. "
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" There's nothing wrong with being a fashion photographer, but it's a bit limited. "
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" The Sixties was a time of breaking down class barriers, although I think class still exists today in some areas. "
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" When I stop working, I go out and start working again. Most people paint a picture, or whatever they do, and go home. For me, it has to be continuous. "
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" You adapt to who you're photographing. "
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" My exploits are nothing now to the average person. "
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" I don't like any sport except boxing and bull fighting. "
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" London changes because of money. It's real estate. If they can build some offices or expensive apartments they will, it's money that changes everything in a city. "
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" I am mad about my wife. "
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" I was dyslexic, so I was put in the silly class at school. "
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" John Parsons, the gay art director at 'Vogue,' really started my career. "
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" I never tried to revolutionise photography; I just do what I do and keep my fingers crossed that people will like it. "
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" You can't really copy what I do because I don't do anything. "
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" I've always tried to do pictures that don't date. "
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" I was ten when I got my first serious beating. It was rough. "
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" If I have any sexist feelings they are aimed at men: I hate manly men. "
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