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title: "1 Christian Message Quotes By David Hockney"
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> [Until cubism, all art, all pictures, could be 'read' by anybody. If this hadn't been so, the Christian message wouldn't have been seen by peasants and its importance would have been diminished.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hockney/until-cubism-all-art-all-pictures-could-be-read-by-anybody-if-this/)

[David Hockney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-hockney/)

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## More by David Hockney

> [ 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… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hockney/you-can-t-believe-any-picture-nowadays-if-it-s-digital-you-can-t/)

[David Hockney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-hockney/)

> [I had always planned to make a large painting of the early spring, when the first leaves are at the bottom of the trees,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hockney/i-had-always-planned-to-make-a-large-painting-of-the-early-spring/)

[David Hockney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-hockney/)

> [I've always said that the only thing a photograph is good at capturing faithfully is another flat surface.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hockney/i-ve-always-said-that-the-only-thing-a-photograph-is-good-at/)

[David Hockney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-hockney/)

> [I'm rather shocked by what I thought was simple mindedness actually. I thought they're not looking, they're not actually looking.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hockney/i-m-rather-shocked-by-what-i-thought-was-simple-mindedness-actually-i/)

[David Hockney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-hockney/)

> [You would think death was an optional extra nowadays. Nobody wants to tick that box.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hockney/you-would-think-death-was-an-optional-extra-nowadays-nobody-wants-to/)

[David Hockney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-hockney/)

> [I live wherever I happen to be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hockney/i-live-wherever-i-happen-to-be/)

[David Hockney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-hockney/)

> [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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hockney/until-i-saw-my-drawings-replayed-on-the-ipad-i-d-never-seen-myself/)

[David Hockney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-hockney/)

> [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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hockney/you-always-need-a-bit-of-low-tech-you-always-need-a-pair-of-scissors/)

[David Hockney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-hockney/)

> [When you are older, you realise that everything else is just nothing compared to painting and drawing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hockney/when-you-are-older-you-realise-that-everything-else-is-just-nothing/)

[David Hockney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-hockney/)

> [The photograph isn't good enough. It's not real enough.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hockney/the-photograph-isn-t-good-enough-it-s-not-real-enough/)

[David Hockney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-hockney/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hockney/in-fact-i-m-a-bit-of-a-slob-but-i-ve-always-said-my-excuse-i-have-a/)

[David Hockney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-hockney/)

> [Spring is very energising to me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hockney/spring-is-very-energising-to-me/)

[David Hockney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-hockney/)

> [No theoretician, no writer on art, however interesting he or she might be, could be as interesting as Picasso. A good writer on art…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hockney/no-theoretician-no-writer-on-art-however-interesting-he-or-she-might/)

[David Hockney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-hockney/)

> [How difficult it is to learn not to see like cameras, which has had such an effect on us. The camera sees everything at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hockney/how-difficult-it-is-to-learn-not-to-see-like-cameras-which-has-had/)

[David Hockney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-hockney/)

> [With chemical film, it was possible to alter photographs, but you had to be an expert. That's not true any more. The LA Times…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hockney/with-chemical-film-it-was-possible-to-alter-photographs-but-you-had/)

[David Hockney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-hockney/)

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