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I don't feel very optimistic in London. ↗

— David Bailey

#i #london #optimistic #very

I have always wanted to live in the present and never the past. ↗

— David Bailey

#i #live #never #past #present

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

#comes #could #i #just #liquid

I know everything should be photographed. It helps me make sense of my existence. ↗

— David Bailey

#existence #helps #i #know #make

I never set out to be a photographer. ↗

— David Bailey

#never #out #photographer #set

I never tried to revolutionise photography; I just do what I do and keep my fingers crossed that people will like it. ↗

— David Bailey

#fingers #i #i do #just #keep

I suppose because my work was so popular people didn't really look at it. ↗

— David Bailey

#i #look #people #popular #really

I was dyslexic, so I was put in the silly class at school. ↗

— David Bailey

#dyslexic #i #put #school #silly

I'm not a philosopher, I'm just a simple boy from East Ham. ↗

— David Bailey

#east #ham #i #just #philosopher

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

#escape #feel #good #guinea #i