I used to love the '20s.

My paintings are rubbish.

I always go for simplicity.

I've always been a bit flip.

I have never met an ugly woman.

I love learning new techniques.

I'm not really one for regrets.

The skull is nature's sculpture.

When I die I want to go to Vogue.

I left school on my 15th birthday.

I'm not political and I don't judge.

I never set out to be a photographer.

You adapt to who you're photographing.

I don't feel very optimistic in London.

I did painting before I did photography.

Sometimes I still can't believe my luck.

My first influence obviously was Picasso.

In France they don't think I'm difficult.

I hate being so nostalgic about the Sixties.

People want security in this insecure world.

Girls are more attractive to me than dresses.

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

My father was a tailor, my mother a machinist.

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

I could develop a picture by the time I was 12.

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

I've always tried to do pictures that don't date.

My exploits are nothing now to the average person.

I don't think it matters where I came from any more.

Journalists never make it clear when you are joking.

I hate men who are in touch with their feminine side.

I don't like any sport except boxing and bull fighting.

The only thing approaching art in a movie is the script.

The only thing they can't teach you at art school is art.

Being handsome wasn't much of a burden. It worked for me.

Kate Moss is the best thing since Jean Shrimpton, really.

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

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

You can't really copy what I do because I don't do anything.

I was ten when I got my first serious beating. It was rough.

Being dyslexic, I was told that I was an idiot all the time.

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

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

Nothing wrong with retouching - nothing new about retouching.

It's only a few nutcases who do art for themselves, like Van Gogh.

A positive attitude can really make dreams come true - it did for me.

If I have any sexist feelings they are aimed at men: I hate manly men.

Rockers are the nicest people to photograph. They have no inhibitions.

I didn't know I was going to live for 50 years. It has come as a shock.

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

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