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Thinking Quotes by David Hockney
- If you see the world as beautiful, thrilling and mysterious, as I think I do, then you feel quite alive.
- I think I am seeing more clearly now than ever,
- In one gallery they actually had a notice which said No Sketching. How obnoxious! I said, How do you think these things got on the…
- 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…
- I usually only draw myself in down periods... I suppose that's why I often draw myself looking grim. I just think, 'Let's have a look…
- I have always believed that art should be a deep pleasure. I think there is a contradiction in an art of total despair, because the…
- The 'how' has a great effect on what we see. To say that 'what we see' is more important than 'how we see it' is…
- I actually think the deafness makes you see clearer. If you can't hear, you somehow see.
- I think Picasso was, without doubt, the greatest portraitist of the 20th century, if not any other century.
- I think cubism has not fully been developed. It is treated like a style, pigeonholed and that's it.
- I think the Enlightenment is leading us into a dark hole, really.
- 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,…
- 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…
- But, I would always be thinking of how pictures are constructed and colour, how to use it, I mean you're using it for constructing, makes…
- 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.…
- 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.
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