Cubism was an attack on the perspective that had been known and used for 500 years. It was the first big, big… — David Hockney Copy Share Image
Until cubism, all art, all pictures, could be 'read' by anybody. If this hadn't been so, the Christian message wouldn't have been… — David Hockney Copy Share Image
Modernism in a way, early modernism, for instance, in pictures, was turning against perspective and Europe. And all early modernism is actually… — David Hockney Copy Share Image
I think cubism has not fully been developed. It is treated like a style, pigeonholed and that's it. — 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
