David Bailey

In New York, everyone's desperate for success, desperate for money and desperate to be accepted, but in London they're more laid back about things like that. ↗

— David Bailey

#accepted #back #desperate #everyone #laid

It's only a few nutcases who do art for themselves, like Van Gogh. ↗

— David Bailey

#few #gogh #like #only #themselves

Journalists never make it clear when you are joking. ↗

— David Bailey

#joking #journalists #make #never #you

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. ↗

— David Bailey

#build #changes #city #estate #everything

My exploits are nothing now to the average person. ↗

— David Bailey

#average person #exploits #nothing #now #person

My father was a tailor, my mother a machinist. ↗

— David Bailey

#mother #tailor

My first influence obviously was Picasso. ↗

— David Bailey

#influence #obviously #picasso

My friends are all megalomaniacs - from Damien Hirst to Jack Nicholson - all of them. ↗

— David Bailey

#jack #jack nicholson #nicholson #them

My paintings are rubbish. ↗

— David Bailey

#rubbish

Nothing wrong with retouching - nothing new about retouching. ↗

— David Bailey

#new #nothing #nothing new #wrong