I thought using three cameras was a lot better than one, because you could see where you were going, where you'd been,… — David Hockney Copy Share Image
Photography hankers after the condition of the neutral observer. But there can be no such things as a neutral observer. For something… — David Hockney Copy Share Image
You can't name the inventor of the camera. The 19th-century invention was chemical: the fixative. — David Hockney Copy Share Image
You had to be aware that I saw that photography was a mere episode in the history of the optical projection and… — David Hockney Copy Share Image
I've finally figured out what's wrong with photography. It's a one-eyed man looking through a little 'ole. Now, how much reality can… — David Hockney Copy Share Image
Photography sees surfaces, it doesn't see space. We see space but the camera doesn't. — David Hockney Copy Share Image
I think photography has made us see the landscape in a very dull way - that's one of its effects. It's not… — 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
