David Bailey in an interview with the Guardian:

There's not much personality in it any more. You can't say, "That's a Helmut Newton picture", because you don't know who took the picture. "Who did the retouching?" is the question you ask. It makes mediocrity look good. And people who are really good, it makes them look mediocre, so it's a levelling out. It's a bit like socialism.

I don't say "laugh". If I want them to laugh, I make them laugh. If I want them to be grumpy, I'll probably be rude to them.

I don't do tips. You can either do it or you can't. Everyone is going to take one great picture in their life and hopefully I'll do two so I'll have the edge.

Via The Cut.