All David Hockney Quotes
- 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 there be in… Eyed
- The urge to draw must be quite deep within us, because children love to do it. Children
- All art is contemporary, if it's alive, and if it's not alive, what's the point of it? Alive
- Technology brought in the mass media and technology is now taking it away. Brought
- Teaching people to draw is teaching people to look Draw
- I want life thrilling and rich. And it is. I make sure it is. Inspirational
- Drawing takes time. A line has time in it Drawing
- I have always believed that art should be a deep pleasure...ther e is always, everywhere, an enormous amount of suffering. But I believe my duty… Alleviate
- I do believe that painting can change the world. Believe
- People from the village come up and tease me: 'We hear you've started drawing on your telephone.' And I tell them, 'Well, no, actually, it's… Drawing
- There's a Chinese proverb that says it all: Painting is an old man's art. All
- We need all kinds of artists. We have no need to destroy drawing. We lose so much. This wouldn't happen in music. All
- Loads of people, particularly artists, hate pretty pictures. Now I've never met anyone who didn't like a pretty face. Anyone
- Until cubism, all art, all pictures, could be 'read' by anybody. If this hadn't been so, the Christian message wouldn't have been seen by peasants… All
- 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, but… Ahead
- The only people who need degrees are dentists and brain surgeons. Brain
- No one has ever asked to see my degree certificate. Asked
- When you're very young, you suddenly find this marvellous freedom. It's quite exciting, and you're prepared to do anything. Exciting
- Future art that is based on appearances won't look like the art that's gone before. Even revivals of a period are not the same. Appearance
- There would be no bohemia without smoking. Bohemia
- Paint something every day. Day
- I am constantly preoccupied with how to remove distance so that we can all come closer together, so that we can all begin to sense… All
- No matter what the illusion created, it is a flat canvas and it has to be organized into shapes... Canvas
- I'm coming 'round to the view that there's only a personal view of the world. Coming
- Any artist will tell you he's really only interested in the stuff he's doing now. He will, always. It's true, and it should be like… Any