It is curiosity, quite right-a divine curiosity. A characteristic of the gods is curiosity.


David Attenborough

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DAVID BAILEY
I always go for simplicity.
DAVID BAILEY
I didn't try and do fashion pictures. I tried to do portraits of girls wearing dresses.
DAVID BAILEY
All I could do at school was paint and draw and that was the only time I ever passed any exam. It wa...
DAVID BAILEY
You can't really copy what I do because I don't do anything.
DAVID BAILEY
I hate being so nostalgic about the Sixties.
DAVID BAILEY
People want security in this insecure world.
DAVID BAILEY
I don't think my work does reflect my nationality - I don't like the idea of nationalism.
DAVID BAILEY
It's not about composition. It's the way you feel about how your objects should relate to ea...
DAVID BAILEY
Girls are more attractive to me than dresses.
DAVID BAILEY
Rockers are the nicest people to photograph. They have no inhibitions.
DAVID BAILEY
Being trendy is dangerous. I've never been trendy, which is why I've never really fallen out...
DAVID BAILEY
I don't see the point of photographing trees or rocks because they're there and anyone can p...
DAVID BAILEY
If you're curious, London's an amazing place.
DAVID BAILEY
I was surrounded by strong women so it had never even occurred to me that women were anything other ...
DAVID BAILEY
The skull is nature's sculpture.
DAVID BAILEY
Anybody can be a great photographer if they zoom in enough on what they love.
DAVID BAILEY
Being handsome wasn't much of a burden. It worked for me.
DAVID BAILEY
Everything I read about hitting a midlife crisis was true. I had such a struggle letting go of youth...
DAVID BOWIE
I had a wonderful childhood, which is tough because it's hard to adjust to a miserable adulthood...
LARRY DAVID
You would think that a rock star being married to a supermodel would be one of the greatest things i...
DAVID BOWIE
People use irony as a defense mechanism.
DAVID BYRNE
Sometimes it's a form of love just to talk to somebody that you have nothing in common with and ...
DAVID BYRNE
I certainly agree that putting everything into little genres is counterproductive. You're not go...
DAVID BYRNE
Analysis is like a lobotomy. Who wants to have all their edges shaved off?
DAVID BYRNE
I knew I wanted to have a doll of myself on the cover. I thought, I wanna see myself as a Ken doll.
DAVID BYRNE
I've been in beautiful landscapes where one is tempted to whip out a camera and take a picture. ...
DAVID BYRNE
That's the thing about pictures: they seduce you.
DAVID BYRNE
Deep down, I know I have this intuition or instinct that a lot of creative people have, that their d...
DAVID BYRNE
If anything, a lot of electronic music is music that no one listens to at home, hardly. It's rea...
DAVID BYRNE
My favorite time of day is to get up and eat leftovers from dinner, especially spicy food.
DAVID BYRNE
On a bike, being just slightly above pedestrian and car eye level, one gets a perfect view of the go...
DAVID BYRNE
I never listen to the radio unless I rent a car.
DAVID BYRNE
The arts don't exist in isolation.
DAVID BYRNE
There's a certain amount of freedom involved in cycling: you're self-propelled and decide ex...
DAVID BYRNE