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People Quotes by David Hockney
- The moment you can learn to deal with homosexuality in art, it's quite an exciting moment, just as in a sense when people 'come out'…
- I can get excitement watching rain on a puddle. And then I paint it. Now, I admit, there are not too many people who would…
- I've no doubt that those photographs i took will make people look at everything in a more interesting way - the little tear on one piece of paper,…
- Teaching people to draw is teaching people to look
- 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…
- Loads of people, particularly artists, hate pretty pictures. Now I've never met anyone who didn't like a pretty face.
- The only people who need degrees are dentists and brain surgeons.
- It is difficult to say why I decided I wanted to be an artist. Obviously, I had some facility, more than other people, but sometimes…
- Faces are the most interesting things we see; other people fascinate me, and the most interesting aspect of other people - the point where we…
- 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…
- Being able to draw means being able to put things in believable space. People who don't draw very well can't do that.
- People criticized me for my photography. They said it's not art.
- A lot of people, given the chance, would blow up everything, and you and me.
- 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.
- 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…
- 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…
- Cubism was an attack on the perspective that had been known and used for 500 years. It was the first big, big change. It confused…
- I worked in the NHS as a hospital orderly during my national service, and people thought it was a noble service. But over the years…
- I think I’m greedy, but I’m not greedy for money – I think that can be a burden – I’m greedy for an exciting life.…
- Like people, trees are all individuals.
More People Quotes
- The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil. — Hannah Arendt
- Poets are the only people to whom love is not only a crucial, but an indispensable experience, which entitles them to mistake… — Hannah Arendt
- Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life. — Hannah Arendt
- Aside from a handful of guys boxing is missing the good trainers, that's why our sport is so in the air now… — Alexis Arguello
- I work with really hard-working people who are really good at what they do. — J. J. Abrams
- As far as we are concerned, we are ready to leave today, tomorrow, at any time, to join the people of Haiti,… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- When you care about human beings, you do your best to not repress and to not let people to repress and to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- I know how the American people care for that democratic principle. They want to see their vote respected. As we in Haiti… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Sometimes people who want to understand Haiti from a political perspective may be missing part of the picture. They also need to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms. — Aristotle