I have always believed that art should be a deep pleasure. I think there is a contradiction in an art of total despair, because the very fact that the art is made seems to contradict despair. — David Hockney Copy Share Image
I have always believed that art should be a deep pleasure...ther e is always, everywhere, an enormous amount of suffering. But I believe my duty as an artist is to overcome and alleviate the sterility of despair...New ways of seeing… — David Hockney Copy Share Image
You can't believe any picture nowadays, if it's digital. You can't really believe. If you see me shaking hands with Mr. [Barack] Obama, it… — David Hockney Copy Share Image
I had always planned to make a large painting of the early spring, when the first leaves are at the bottom of the trees,… — David Hockney Copy Share Image
I've always said that the only thing a photograph is good at capturing faithfully is another flat surface. — David Hockney Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
You would think death was an optional extra nowadays. Nobody wants to tick that box. — David Hockney Copy Share Image
Until I saw my drawings replayed on the iPad, I'd never seen myself draw. Someone watching me would be concentrating on the exact moment,… — David Hockney Copy Share Image
You always need a bit of low-tech.You always need a pair of scissors, it seems to me. You can do better things.... The high-tech,… — David Hockney Copy Share Image
When you are older, you realise that everything else is just nothing compared to painting and drawing. — David Hockney Copy Share Image
In fact, I'm a bit of a slob, but I've always said my excuse, I have a higher sense of order, I can see… — David Hockney Copy Share Image
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