All David Hockney Quotes
- I've realized that I can do performances. Funny
- It's no good saying I wished I could go out more, because I can't. But I don't bother about it too much. Bother
- It's very British to go about to see something unusual and paint it. British
- Of course you can still paint landscape - it's not been worn out. Been
- On the iPhone I tended to draw with my thumb. Whereas the moment I got to the iPad, I found myself using every finger. Draw
- People tell me they open my e-mails first, because they aren't demands and you don't need to reply. They're simply for pleasure. Demand
- Photographs aren't accounts of scrutiny. The shutter is open for a fraction of a second. Accounts
- Picasso is still influencing me. Of course, I haven't got that kind of energy, or skill. Course
- The moment I got a very big studio, everything took off. Big
- The photograph isn't good enough. It's not real enough. Good
- Tobacco is America's greatest gift to the world! America
- Tragedy is a literary concept. Concept
- Well you can't teach the poetry, but you can teach the craft. Craft
- West Yorkshire is quite dramatic and beautiful, the crags and things. Beautiful
- What I didn't know was I was deeply attracted to the big space. Attracted
- Who would have thought that the telephone would bring back drawing? Bring
- You can't name the inventor of the camera. The 19th-century invention was chemical: the fixative. Camera
- And then I went round the corner and there's a Van Gogh portrait, and you just think, well, this is another level. A higher level,… Another Level
- But slowly I began to use cameras and then think about what it was that was going on. It took me a long time, I… Actually Played
- I had always planned to make a large painting of the early spring, when the first leaves are at the bottom of the trees, and… Always Planned
- I was aware that the teaching of drawing was being stopped almost 30 years ago. And I always said, 'The teaching of drawing is the… Ago
- Shadows sometimes people don't see shadows. The Chinese of course never paint them in pictures, oriental art never deals with shadow. But I noticed these… Art
- When you stop doing something, it doesn't mean you are rejecting the previous work. That's the mistake; it's not rejecting it, it's saying, 'I have… Another Corner
- Anyway I feel myself a bit on the edge on the art world, but I don't mind, I'm just pursuing my work in a very… Anymore
- But the moment you use an ordinary camera, you are not seeing the picture, remember, meaning, you had to remember what you've taken. Now you… Camera