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David Hockney quotes: The camera can't see space. It sees surfaces. People see space, which is much more interesting. The camera can't see space. It sees surfaces. People see space, which is much more interesting.
David Hockney quotes: Well, in Bradford I could say I was brought up in Bradford and Hollywood. Well, in Bradford I could say I was brought up in Bradford and Hollywood.
David Hockney quotes: It's no good saying I wished I could go out more, because I can't. But I don't bother about it too much. It's no good saying I wished I could go out more, because I can't. But I don't bother about it too much.
David Hockney quotes: All painters are interested in photography to a certain extent. All painters are interested in photography to a certain extent.
David Hockney quotes: I think the Enlightenment is leading us into a dark hole, really. I think the Enlightenment is leading us into a dark hole, really.
David Hockney quotes: If you go too far with naturalism, there is no need to even organize; just look ... and paint what you see until the canvas ends. If you go too far with naturalism, there is no need to even organize; just look ... and paint what you see until the canvas ends.
David Hockney quotes: I do believe that painting can change the world. I do believe that painting can change the world.
David Hockney quotes: The only people who need degrees are dentists and brain surgeons. The only people who need degrees are dentists and brain surgeons.
David Hockney quotes: There is nothing wrong with photography, if you don't mind the perspective of a paralysed Cyclops. There is nothing wrong with photography, if you don't mind the perspective of a paralysed Cyclops.
David Hockney quotes: The moment I got a very big studio, everything took off. The moment I got a very big studio, everything took off.
David Hockney quotes: The picture itself is a document. How do you mean? We're looking at a document. It gives you clues. The picture itself is a document. How do you mean? We're looking at a document. It gives you clues.
David Hockney quotes: As you get older, it gets a bit harder to keep the spontaneity in you, but I work at it. As you get older, it gets a bit harder to keep the spontaneity in you, but I work at it.
David Hockney quotes: The problem is, photographic dyes and printing inks aren't as good as paint, actually. The problem is, photographic dyes and printing inks aren't as good as paint, actually.
David Hockney quotes: I think cubism has not fully been developed. It is treated like a style, pigeonholed and that's it. I think cubism has not fully been developed. It is treated like a style, pigeonholed and that's it.
David Hockney quotes: Easel painting means small painting. Easel painting means small painting.
David Hockney quotes: I think photography has made us see the landscape in a very dull way - that's one of its effects. It's not spatial. I think photography has made us see the landscape in a very dull way - that's one of its effects. It's not spatial.
David Hockney quotes: It takes a long time to make it simple. It takes a long time to make it simple.
David Hockney quotes: I've always felt very English. I've always felt very English.
David Hockney quotes: I'm not really looking for theater work. But if somebody approaches me with enthusiasm, I might respond. I'm not really looking for theater work. But if somebody approaches me with enthusiasm, I might respond.
David Hockney quotes: The moment rules over everything. The moment rules over everything.
David Hockney quotes: How difficult it is to learn not to see like cameras, which has had such an effect on us. The camera sees everything at once. We don't. How difficult it is to learn not to see like cameras, which has had such an effect on us. The camera sees everything at once. We don't.
David Hockney quotes: Because I'm interested in depiction, representation, therefore you're interested in photography. You don't ignore it. Because I'm interested in depiction, representation, therefore you're interested in photography. You don't ignore it.
David Hockney quotes: The urge to draw must be quite deep within us, because children love to do it. The urge to draw must be quite deep within us, because children love to do it.
David Hockney quotes: An artist might be attracted to hedonism, but of course an artist is not a hedonist. He's a worker, always. An artist might be attracted to hedonism, but of course an artist is not a hedonist. He's a worker, always.
David Hockney quotes: The moment you cheat for the sake of beauty, you know you're an artist. The moment you cheat for the sake of beauty, you know you're an artist.
David Hockney quotes: Spring is very energising to me. Spring is very energising to me.
David Hockney quotes: You must plan to be spontaneous. You must plan to be spontaneous.
David Hockney quotes: I think Picasso was, without doubt, the greatest portraitist of the 20th century, if not any other century. I think Picasso was, without doubt, the greatest portraitist of the 20th century, if not any other century.
David Hockney quotes: Great claims are being made for the photograph as truth. We are showing you things, we show you the war. I say you can't actually. The camera can't. Great claims are being made for the photograph as truth. We are showing you things, we show you the war. I say you can't actually. The camera can't.
David Hockney quotes: I value my friends. I value my friends.
David Hockney quotes: I avoid the public because the English public is too aggressive these days for me. I avoid the public because the English public is too aggressive these days for me.
David Hockney quotes: The photograph isn't good enough. It's not real enough. The photograph isn't good enough. It's not real enough.
David Hockney quotes: No one has ever asked to see my degree certificate. No one has ever asked to see my degree certificate.
David Hockney quotes: Britain is a very small country with a very large press. Britain is a very small country with a very large press.
David Hockney quotes: Once my hand has drawn something my eye has observed, I know it by heart, and I can draw it again without a model. Once my hand has drawn something my eye has observed, I know it by heart, and I can draw it again without a model.
David Hockney quotes: Time is the great mystery anyway. And it's still the great mystery in the moving picture as well. Time is the great mystery anyway. And it's still the great mystery in the moving picture as well.
David Hockney quotes: I'm really only interested in technology that is about pictures. I'm interested in anything that makes a picture. I'm really only interested in technology that is about pictures. I'm interested in anything that makes a picture.
David Hockney quotes: Being able to draw means being able to put things in believable space. People who don't draw very well can't do that. Being able to draw means being able to put things in believable space. People who don't draw very well can't do that.
David Hockney quotes: A lot of people, given the chance, would blow up everything, and you and me. A lot of people, given the chance, would blow up everything, and you and me.
David Hockney quotes: What I always longed to do was to be able to paint like I can draw, most artists would tell you that, they would all like to paint like they What I always longed to do was to be able to paint like I can draw, most artists would tell you that, they would all like to paint like they can draw.
David Hockney quotes: No matter what the illusion created, it is a flat canvas and it has to be organized into shapes ... No matter what the illusion created, it is a flat canvas and it has to be organized into shapes ...
David Hockney quotes: I'm fed up with being bossed around. I'm fed up with being bossed around.
David Hockney quotes: In my old age, I'll be in L.A. In my old age, I'll be in L.A.
David Hockney quotes: I don't value prizes of any sort. I don't value prizes of any sort.
David Hockney quotes: I'm not going to stop painting just to take orders. I'm not going to stop painting just to take orders.
David Hockney quotes: I did come from a pretty independent-minded family. I did come from a pretty independent-minded family.
David Hockney quotes: Every good artist I know, I always think works hard, we're working all the time. Every good artist I know, I always think works hard, we're working all the time.
David Hockney quotes: All painting, no matter what you are painting, is abstract in that it's got to be organized. All painting, no matter what you are painting, is abstract in that it's got to be organized.
David Hockney quotes: I'm a very early riser, and I don't like to miss that beautiful early morning light. I'm a very early riser, and I don't like to miss that beautiful early morning light.
David Hockney quotes: Any artist will tell you he's really only interested in the stuff he's doing now. He will, always. It's true, and it should be like that. Any artist will tell you he's really only interested in the stuff he's doing now. He will, always. It's true, and it should be like that.
David Hockney quotes: My only worry is the painting I'm doing. Nothing else. My only worry is the painting I'm doing. Nothing else.
David Hockney quotes: California is always in my mind. California is always in my mind.
David Hockney quotes: I never talk when I'm drawing a person, especially if I'm making line drawings. I prefer there to be no noise at all so I can concentrate more. I never talk when I'm drawing a person, especially if I'm making line drawings. I prefer there to be no noise at all so I can concentrate more.
David Hockney quotes: If you like music you like silence actually. If you like music you like silence actually.
David Hockney quotes: The lens is a tyranny. The lens is a tyranny.
David Hockney quotes: It is very good advice to believe only what an artist does, rather than what he says about his work. It is very good advice to believe only what an artist does, rather than what he says about his work.
David Hockney quotes: Just because I'm cheeky, doesn't mean I'm not serious Just because I'm cheeky, doesn't mean I'm not serious
David Hockney quotes: There's no-one up there in Northern Norway , food's terrible, but it's very, very beautiful to look at, if you've got eyes, and enjoy looking. There's no-one up there in Northern Norway , food's terrible, but it's very, very beautiful to look at, if you've got eyes, and enjoy looking.
David Hockney quotes: Photoshop came out of painting, and now it's going back to painting. Photoshop came out of painting, and now it's going back to painting.
David Hockney quotes: Who would have thought that the telephone would bring back drawing? Who would have thought that the telephone would bring back drawing?
David Hockney quotes: I love California; everything is so artificial. I love California; everything is so artificial.
David Hockney quotes: Of course you can still paint landscape - it's not been worn out. Of course you can still paint landscape - it's not been worn out.
David Hockney quotes: The pictures on the walls aren't like movies. They don't move, they don't talk, and they'll last longer. They will last longer. The pictures on the walls aren't like movies. They don't move, they don't talk, and they'll last longer. They will last longer.
David Hockney quotes: Always live in the ugliest house on the street - then you don't have to look at it. Always live in the ugliest house on the street - then you don't have to look at it.
David Hockney quotes: Yes, I did, I mean I painted er, in a kind of abstract expressionist way, because of course that was exciting. Yes, I did, I mean I painted er, in a kind of abstract expressionist way, because of course that was exciting.
David Hockney quotes: I see the iPad as a wonderful new drawing medium, but I am at a loss as to how to make it pay. I see the iPad as a wonderful new drawing medium, but I am at a loss as to how to make it pay.
David Hockney quotes: There would be no bohemia without smoking. There would be no bohemia without smoking.
David Hockney quotes: I'm a bit of a propagandist. I'm a bit of a propagandist.
David Hockney quotes: Tobacco is America's greatest gift to the world! Tobacco is America's greatest gift to the world!
David Hockney quotes: People tell me they open my e-mails first, because they aren't demands and you don't need to reply. They're simply for pleasure. People tell me they open my e-mails first, because they aren't demands and you don't need to reply. They're simply for pleasure.
David Hockney quotes: I was never that interested in movies. I was interested in them as a thing, but I didn't want to make movies. I always wanted to draw and paint. I was never that interested in movies. I was interested in them as a thing, but I didn't want to make movies. I always wanted to draw and paint.
David Hockney quotes: I'm convinced that technology and art go together - and always have, for centuries. I'm convinced that technology and art go together - and always have, for centuries.
David Hockney quotes: There are enough no smoking places now. There are enough no smoking places now.
David Hockney quotes: I've always been a looker. Loads of people say, "I never saw that" - but that's what artists do. I've always been a looker. Loads of people say, "I never saw that" - but that's what artists do.
David Hockney quotes: Tragedy is a literary concept. Tragedy is a literary concept.
David Hockney quotes: The thing with high-tech is that you always end up using scissors. The thing with high-tech is that you always end up using scissors.
David Hockney quotes: I'm a bit claustrophobic, I know that now. I'm a bit claustrophobic, I know that now.
David Hockney quotes: I've realized that I can do performances. I've realized that I can do performances.
David Hockney quotes: Art has to move you and design does not, unless it's a good design for a bus. Art has to move you and design does not, unless it's a good design for a bus.
David Hockney quotes: Enjoyment of the landscape is a thrill. Enjoyment of the landscape is a thrill.
David Hockney quotes: Technology brought in the mass media and technology is now taking it away. Technology brought in the mass media and technology is now taking it away.
David Hockney quotes: It's time to debate images, especially when someone's going to prison for downloading them. It's time to debate images, especially when someone's going to prison for downloading them.
David Hockney quotes: I never work with music. I hate background music, always did. I only like music in the foreground, meaning, deliberately listen to it, actually. I never work with music. I hate background music, always did. I only like music in the foreground, meaning, deliberately listen to it, actually.
David Hockney quotes: We need all kinds of artists. We have no need to destroy drawing. We lose so much. This wouldn't happen in music. We need all kinds of artists. We have no need to destroy drawing. We lose so much. This wouldn't happen in music.
David Hockney quotes: I grew up in austerity in the 1940s and 1950s. I grew up in austerity in the 1940s and 1950s.
David Hockney quotes: I'm a bit claustrophobic, I don't like crowds, I live by the sea - that's what I see when I come out of my house in Bridlington. I'm a bit claustrophobic, I don't like crowds, I live by the sea - that's what I see when I come out of my house in Bridlington.
David Hockney quotes: Teaching people to draw is teaching people to look Teaching people to draw is teaching people to look
David Hockney quotes: I'm rather shocked by what I thought was simple mindedness actually. I thought they're not looking, they're not actually looking. I'm rather shocked by what I thought was simple mindedness actually. I thought they're not looking, they're not actually looking.
David Hockney quotes: Listening is a positive act: you have to put yourself out to do it. Listening is a positive act: you have to put yourself out to do it.
David Hockney quotes: I'm sure that the camera is part of European art. I'm sure that the camera is part of European art.
David Hockney quotes: Well you can't teach the poetry, but you can teach the craft. Well you can't teach the poetry, but you can teach the craft.
David Hockney quotes: It's all one to me: opera, painting, drawing, faxes. It's all one to me: opera, painting, drawing, faxes.
David Hockney quotes: It's very British to go about to see something unusual and paint it. It's very British to go about to see something unusual and paint it.
David Hockney quotes: I believe that the very process of looking can make a thing beautiful. I believe that the very process of looking can make a thing beautiful.
David Hockney quotes: We live in an age where the artist is forgotten. He is a researcher. I see myself that way. We live in an age where the artist is forgotten. He is a researcher. I see myself that way.
David Hockney quotes: I was always struck by how Picasso had no interest in music. I was always struck by how Picasso had no interest in music.
David Hockney quotes: What I didn't know was I was deeply attracted to the big space. What I didn't know was I was deeply attracted to the big space.
David Hockney quotes: In fact, most artists want to make things a bit more difficult for themselves as they go along, to challenge themselves. In fact, most artists want to make things a bit more difficult for themselves as they go along, to challenge themselves.
David Hockney quotes: If you are not playful you are not alive. If you are not playful you are not alive.
David Hockney quotes: I'm very attracted to the great open spaces of the West. I'm very attracted to the great open spaces of the West.

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