#v

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 used to love the '20s. ↗

— David Bailey

#love #to love #used

I was surrounded by strong women so it had never even occurred to me that women were anything other than equal to men. ↗

— David Bailey

#equal #even #had #i #me

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 first influence obviously was Picasso. ↗

— David Bailey

#influence #obviously #picasso

The best advice I ever got was that knowledge is power and to keep reading. ↗

— David Bailey

#best #ever #got #i #keep

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