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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

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

— David Bailey

#mother #tailor

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

— David Bailey

#jack #jack nicholson #nicholson #them

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

— David Bailey

#money #more #most #now #photography

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

— David Bailey

#get #making #making money #money #rich

The reason I did fashion was it was the only way to get paid to do anything creative. You couldn't support yourself as an 'artist' - I hate that word. The only way you could be 'arty' was as a fashion photographer, because it still had a certain amount of integrity involved. ↗

— David Bailey

#anything #artist #arty #because #certain

For almost anyone who chooses to be a writer, since so very few writers are able to learn a living from their work that is equivalent to the living earned by the average dentist or accountant. ↗

— Russell Banks

#accountant #almost #anyone #average #chooses

Follow your passion, be prepared to work hard and sacrifice, and, above all, don't let anyone limit your dreams. ↗

— Donovan Bailey

#anyone #be prepared #dreams #follow #hard

I do a lot of media work, I've been investing and I'm involved with real estate. It's totally different from what I had been doing but I find it challenging and fun. To be honest, I really don't miss the track. I pretty well accomplished what I set out to do and it was time to move on. ↗

— Donovan Bailey

#been #challenging #different #doing #estate