Quotes by David Bailey

Photography is more about money now but then so are most things.

To get rich, you have to be making money while you’re asleep.

I love learning new techniques.

The trouble with people like Tony Blair is they get confused, they think intelligence is education when they’re two different things.

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.

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.

I like change. There’s something Buddhist about it – continuous change is wonderful.

I left school on my 15th birthday.

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

If you’re curious, London’s an amazing place.