--- title: "13 Draws Quotes By David Hockney" description: "13 Draws quotes by David Hockney. Plus more from David Hockney and more Draws sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e4/david-hockney-1395_blooms_i-draw-flowers-every-day-and-send-them-t_1637695.png" --- > [I draw flowers every day and send them to my friends so they get fresh blooms every morning.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hockney/i-draw-flowers-every-day-and-send-them-to-my-friends-so-they-get/) [David Hockney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-hockney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e4/david-hockney-1395_blooms_i-draw-flowers-every-day-and-send-them-t_1637695.png) > [Teaching people to draw is teaching people to look](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hockney/teaching-people-to-draw-is-teaching-people-to-look/) [David Hockney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-hockney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/576/david-hockney-1395_artist_teaching-people-to-draw-is-teaching-peop_234982.png) > [The urge to draw must be quite deep within us, because children love to do it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hockney/the-urge-to-draw-must-be-quite-deep-within-us-because-children-love/) [David Hockney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-hockney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/882/david-hockney-1395_children_the-urge-to-draw-must-be-quite-deep-with_1356014.png) > [I mean if you draw you like drawing, it's er, an activity you do all the time actually.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hockney/i-mean-if-you-draw-you-like-drawing-it-s-er-an-activity-you-do-all/) [David Hockney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-hockney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a02/david-hockney-1395_activity_i-mean-if-you-draw-you-like-drawing-it-s_407049.png) > [On the iPhone I tended to draw with my thumb. Whereas the moment I got to the iPad, I found myself using…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hockney/on-the-iphone-i-tended-to-draw-with-my-thumb-whereas-the-moment-i-got/) [David Hockney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-hockney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/349/david-hockney-1395_draw_on-the-iphone-i-tended-to-draw-with-my-t_1737471.png) > [I was never that interested in movies. I was interested in them as a thing, but I didn't want to make movies.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hockney/i-was-never-that-interested-in-movies-i-was-interested-in-them-as-a/) [David Hockney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-hockney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/049/david-hockney-1395_draws_i-was-never-that-interested-in-movies-i_1804366.png) > [Once my hand has drawn something my eye has observed, I know it by heart, and I can draw it again without…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hockney/once-my-hand-has-drawn-something-my-eye-has-observed-i-know-it-by/) [David Hockney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-hockney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/769/david-hockney-1395_artist_once-my-hand-has-drawn-something-my-eye_870681.png) > [What I always longed to do was to be able to paint like I can draw, most artists would tell you that,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hockney/what-i-always-longed-to-do-was-to-be-able-to-paint-like-i-can-draw/) [David Hockney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-hockney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/00d/david-hockney-1395_able_what-i-always-longed-to-do-was-to-be-abl_1789789.png) > [Being able to draw means being able to put things in believable space. People who don't draw very well can't do that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hockney/being-able-to-draw-means-being-able-to-put-things-in-believable-space/) [David Hockney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-hockney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae1/david-hockney-1395_able_being-able-to-draw-means-being-able-to-p_2924770.png) > [Until I saw my drawings replayed on the iPad, I'd never seen myself draw. Someone watching me would be concentrating on the…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a4b/david-hockney-1395_artist_until-i-saw-my-drawings-replayed-on-the_70054.png) > [I usually only draw myself in down periods... I suppose that's why I often draw myself looking grim. I just think, 'Let's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hockney/i-usually-only-draw-myself-in-down-periods-i-suppose-that-s-why-i/) [David Hockney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-hockney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/425/david-hockney-1395_artist_i-usually-only-draw-myself-in-down-perio_1967942.jpg) > [Everything does come from nature. That's where you get new ideas. Just draw the landscape. I felt doing it with a bit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hockney/everything-does-come-from-nature-that-s-where-you-get-new-ideas-just/) [David Hockney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-hockney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6c/david-hockney-1395_artist_everything-does-come-from-nature-that-s_2657605.png) > [On the 31st of October 2011 year, I had a mini-stroke. I couldn't finish my sentences. So I went to the doctor.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hockney/on-the-31st-of-october-2011-year-i-had-a-mini-stroke-i-couldn-t/) [David Hockney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-hockney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd3/david-hockney-1395_communication_on-the-31st-of-october-2011-year-i-had-a_3051720.png) ## Other authors on Draws ## 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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/draws/david-hockney/#itemlist", "name": "13 Draws Quotes By David Hockney", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I draw flowers every day and send them to my friends so they get fresh blooms every morning.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "David Hockney" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hockney/i-draw-flowers-every-day-and-send-them-to-my-friends-so-they-get/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e4/david-hockney-1395_blooms_i-draw-flowers-every-day-and-send-them-t_1637695.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e4/david-hockney-1395_blooms_i-draw-flowers-every-day-and-send-them-t_1637695.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e4/david-hockney-1395_blooms_i-draw-flowers-every-day-and-send-them-t_1637695.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I draw flowers every day and send them to my friends so they get fresh blooms every morning.” — David Hockney", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Teaching people to draw is teaching people to look", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "David Hockney" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hockney/teaching-people-to-draw-is-teaching-people-to-look/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/576/david-hockney-1395_artist_teaching-people-to-draw-is-teaching-peop_234982.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/576/david-hockney-1395_artist_teaching-people-to-draw-is-teaching-peop_234982.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/576/david-hockney-1395_artist_teaching-people-to-draw-is-teaching-peop_234982.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Teaching people to draw is teaching people to look” — David Hockney", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The urge to draw must be quite deep within us, because children love to do it.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "David Hockney" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hockney/the-urge-to-draw-must-be-quite-deep-within-us-because-children-love/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/882/david-hockney-1395_children_the-urge-to-draw-must-be-quite-deep-with_1356014.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/882/david-hockney-1395_children_the-urge-to-draw-must-be-quite-deep-with_1356014.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/882/david-hockney-1395_children_the-urge-to-draw-must-be-quite-deep-with_1356014.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The urge to draw must be quite deep within us, because children love to do it.” — David Hockney", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I mean if you draw you like drawing, it's er, an activity you do all the time actually.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "David Hockney" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hockney/i-mean-if-you-draw-you-like-drawing-it-s-er-an-activity-you-do-all/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a02/david-hockney-1395_activity_i-mean-if-you-draw-you-like-drawing-it-s_407049.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a02/david-hockney-1395_activity_i-mean-if-you-draw-you-like-drawing-it-s_407049.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a02/david-hockney-1395_activity_i-mean-if-you-draw-you-like-drawing-it-s_407049.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I mean if you draw you like drawing, it's er, an activity you do all the time actually.” — David Hockney", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "On the iPhone I tended to draw with my thumb. 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