All David Hockney Quotes
- Water colours are wet colours in water. Colour
- Listening is a positive act: you have to put yourself out to do it. Act
- The moment you cheat for the sake of beauty, you know you're an artist. Art
- Always live in the ugliest house on the street - then you don't have to look at it. Always Live
- Art has to move you and design does not, unless it's a good design for a bus. Art
- Anything simple always interests me. Always Interests
- It is very good advice to believe only what an artist does, rather than what he says about his work. Advice
- I'm fed up with being bossed around. Bossed
- Laugh a lot. It clears the lungs. Clears
- Smoking calms me down. It's enjoyable. I don't want politicians deciding what is exciting in my life. Calm
- There are enough no smoking places now. Marijuana
- What an artist is trying to do for people is bring them closer to something, because of course art is about sharing. You wouldn't be… Art
- When you are older, you realise that everything else is just nothing compared to painting and drawing. Compared
- Being able to draw means being able to put things in believable space. People who don't draw very well can't do that. Able
- Drawing is rather like playing chess: your mind races ahead of the moves that you eventually make. Ahead
- Drawing makes you see things clearer, and clearer and clearer still, until your eyes ache. Ache
- I actually think the deafness makes you see clearer. If you can't hear, you somehow see. Actually Think
- Who's going to ask a painter to see a diploma? They'd say, 'Can I see your paintings?', wouldn't they? Ask
- As you get older, it gets a bit harder to keep the spontaneity in you, but I work at it. Bit
- California is always in my mind. California
- I'm very attracted to the great open spaces of the West. Attracted
- It's time to debate images, especially when someone's going to prison for downloading them. Debate
- Yes, I did, I mean I painted er, in a kind of abstract expressionist way, because of course that was exciting. Abstract
- You must plan to be spontaneous. Plan
- I draw flowers every day and send them to my friends so they get fresh blooms every morning. Blooms