Photographs aren't accounts of scrutiny. The shutter is open for a fraction of a second. — 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
Great claims are being made for the photograph as truth. We are showing you things, we show you the war. I say… — David Hockney Copy Share Image
I can often tell when drawings are done from photographs, because you can tell what they miss out, what the camera misses… — David Hockney Copy Share Image
I made a photograph of a garden in Kyoto, the Zen garden, which is a rectangle. But a photograph taken from any… — David Hockney Copy Share Image
About shadows: do we see shadows? Loads of people don't. A camera will notice a shadow, but how many people have got… — David Hockney Copy Share Image
I've no doubt that those photographs i took will make people look at everything in a more interesting way - the little… — David Hockney Copy Share Image
With chemical film, it was possible to alter photographs, but you had to be an expert. That's not true any more. The… — 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
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