There's no need to believe what an artist says. Believe what he does; that's what counts. — David Hockney Copy Share Image
An artist might be attracted to hedonism, but of course an artist is not a hedonist. He's a worker, always. — David Hockney Copy Share Image
The moment you cheat for the sake of beauty, you know you're an artist. — David Hockney Copy Share Image
We live in an age where the artist is forgotten. He is a researcher. I see myself that way — David Hockney Copy Share Image
I've always been a looker. Loads of people say, "I never saw that" - but that's what artists do. — David Hockney Copy Share Image
What I always longed to do was to be able to paint like I can draw, most artists would tell you that,… — David Hockney Copy Share Image
Dawn is about luminosity and so is the iPhone... The little drawings of the dawn are done while I'm still in bed...… — David Hockney Copy Share Image
I think my father would have liked to have been an artist, actually. But I think he didn't quite have perhaps the… — David Hockney Copy Share Image
In fact, most artists want to make things a bit more difficult for themselves as they go along, to challenge themselves. — David Hockney Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
What an artist is trying to do for people is bring them closer to something, because of course art is about sharing.… — David Hockney Copy Share Image
Every good artist I know, I always think works hard, we're working all the time. — David Hockney Copy Share Image
It is difficult to say why I decided I wanted to be an artist. Obviously, I had some facility, more than other… — David Hockney Copy Share Image
It is very good advice to believe only what an artist does, rather than what he says about his work. — David Hockney Copy Share Image
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… — David Hockney Copy Share Image
Loads of people, particularly artists, hate pretty pictures. Now I've never met anyone who didn't like a pretty face. — 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… — 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
