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title: "3 Load Quotes By David Hockney"
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> [About shadows: do we see shadows? Loads of people don't. A camera will notice a shadow, but how many people have got…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hockney/about-shadows-do-we-see-shadows-loads-of-people-don-t-a-camera-will/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23d/david-hockney-1395_cameras_about-shadows-do-we-see-shadows-loads-of_532174.png)

> [I've always been a looker. Loads of people say, "I never saw that" - but that's what artists do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hockney/i-ve-always-been-a-looker-loads-of-people-say-i-never-saw-that-but/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1bd/david-hockney-1395_art_i-ve-always-been-a-looker-loads-of-peopl_1543843.png)

> [Loads of people, particularly artists, hate pretty pictures. Now I've never met anyone who didn't like a pretty face.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hockney/loads-of-people-particularly-artists-hate-pretty-pictures-now-i-ve/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/70a/david-hockney-1395_art_loads-of-people-particularly-artists-hat_2850014.png)

## Other authors on Load

## 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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