Space Quotes 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…

— 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,…

— David Hockney

I've always said that the only thing a photograph is good at capturing faithfully is another flat surface.

— 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.

— David Hockney

You would think death was an optional extra nowadays. Nobody wants to tick that box.

— David Hockney

I live wherever I happen to be.

— 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,…

— 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,…

— David Hockney

When you are older, you realise that everything else is just nothing compared to painting and drawing.

— David Hockney

The photograph isn't good enough. It's not real enough.

— 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…

— David Hockney

Spring is very energising to me.

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— David Hockney