#y

I didn't know a time when there wasn't a war because I spent all my time from the age of two or three to eight in a coal cellar really. ↗

— David Bailey

#because #cellar #coal #eight #i

I don't feel very optimistic in London. ↗

— David Bailey

#i #london #optimistic #very

I had a terrible time with feminists in the Seventies. They hated me, those women. I think they hated everything. ↗

— David Bailey

#feminists #had #hated #i #i think

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 left school on my 15th birthday. ↗

— David Bailey

#i #left #school

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