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David Royston Bailey, CBE (born 2 January 1938) is an English fashion and portrait photographer.

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Anybody can be a great photographer if they zoom in enough on what they love.

Enough, Love, Photographer, Zoom

Rather than knowing more, I think I've got more open-minded.

Knowing, Open Minded, Think, Thinking

You have to kind of be invisible when you photograph children, so you use a longer lens.

Children, Invisible, Kind, Lens, Lenses, Use

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

Asleep, Making Money, Money, Rich

I am not responsible for all the journalists in the past that have told lies.

Journalists, Lying, Past, Responsible, Told

I'm never shocked, I'm not the shockable type!

Shockable, Shocked, Type

All pictures are unnatural. All pictures are sad because they're about dead people. Paintings you don't think of in a special time or with a specific event. With photos I always think I'm looking at something dead.

Paintings, People, Special, Specific, Thinking, Unnatural

Being trendy is dangerous. I've never been trendy, which is why I've never really fallen out of favour.

Dangerous, Favour, Trendy

People want security in this insecure world.

Insecure, People, Security, World

When I die I want to go to Vogue.

Die, Dies, Vogue, Want

Girls are more attractive to me than dresses.

Attractive, Dresses, Girl, Girls

Actors are hard to photograph because they never want to reveal who they are. You don't know if you're getting a character from a Chekhov play or a Polanski film. It depends what mood they're in.

Actors, Character, Hard, Photograph, Play

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.

Cities, Estate, Everything, Money, Office, Real

I didn't try and do fashion pictures. I tried to do portraits of girls wearing dresses.

Dresses, Fashion, Girl, Portraits, Trying, Wearing

Fashion often starts off beautiful and becomes ugly, whereas art starts off ugly sometimes and becomes beautiful.

Art, Beautiful, Fashion

I've been used by women all my life, fortunately.

Fortunately, Life, Used, Women

I don't think global warming is to do with us, I think it's a natural circle. I don't think a few Ferraris make that much difference.

Circle, Circles, Differences, Make, Think, Thinking

If you're curious, London's an amazing place.

Amazing, Amazing Places, Curious, London, Place

I always go for simplicity.

Simplicity

I love learning new techniques.

Learning, Learning New, Love, Technique, Techniques

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