I’m not mad about movies, there are too many people involved in the making of them, and they lack a definitive creative focus. – David Bailey
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. – David Bailey
The Sixties was a time of breaking down class barriers, although I think class still exists today in some areas. – David Bailey
I was a terrible father. The most I ever did for my children was to teach them chess. At least they got that. – David Bailey
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. – David Bailey
All I could do at school was paint and draw and that was the only time I ever passed any exam. It was the only thing I ever got right at school. – David Bailey
The trouble with people like Tony Blair is they get confused, they think intelligence is education when they’re two different things. – 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. – David Bailey
I had a terrible time with feminists in the Seventies. They hated me, those women. I think they hated everything. – David Bailey