Art Quote by David Hockney Download Open image “There's no need to believe what an artist says. Believe what he does; that's what counts.” — David Hockney ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.4 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Art Artist Believe Doe Faith Needs
It is very good advice to believe only what an artist does, rather than what he says about his work. — David Hockney Copy Share Image
I don't think you can spend too much time as an artist believing what other people think. — Liz Phair Copy Share Image
Many of us believe that 'real artists' do not experience self-doubt. In truth, artists are people who have learned to live with doubt and… — Julia Cameron Copy Share Image
“He believed that any work an artist puts forth which contains the truth as he or she sees it is worthy of consideration,” — Tiffanie DeBartolo Copy Share Image
It's such a weird self-confidence that an artist has - to conceive of this thing that serves no function and say, 'I'm going to… — Dan Colen Copy Share Image
To be an artist, one must . . . never shirk from the truth as he understands it, never withdraw from life — Diego Rivera Copy Share Image
An artist must believe in himself. Your belief is contagious. Others may say he is vain, but they are affected. — Tennessee Williams Copy Share Image
Part of being an artist is that you are always concerned you don't have what it takes. It keeps us honest. — Lupita Nyong'o Copy Share Image
Its such a weird self-confidence that an artist has - to conceive of this thing that serves no function and say, Im going to… — Dan Colen Copy Share Image
You can't believe any picture nowadays, if it's digital. You can't really believe. If you see me shaking hands with Mr. [Barack] Obama, it… — David Hockney Copy Share Image
I had always planned to make a large painting of the early spring, when the first leaves are at the bottom of the trees,… — David Hockney Copy Share Image
I've always said that the only thing a photograph is good at capturing faithfully is another flat surface. — David Hockney Copy Share Image
I'm rather shocked by what I thought was simple mindedness actually. I thought they're not looking, they're not actually looking. — David Hockney Copy Share Image
You would think death was an optional extra nowadays. Nobody wants to tick that box. — David Hockney Copy Share Image
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,… — David Hockney Copy Share Image
You always need a bit of low-tech.You always need a pair of scissors, it seems to me. You can do better things… The high-tech,… — David Hockney Copy Share Image
When you are older, you realise that everything else is just nothing compared to painting and drawing. — David Hockney Copy Share Image
In fact, I'm a bit of a slob, but I've always said my excuse, I have a higher sense of order, I can see… — David Hockney Copy Share Image
True works of art contain their own theory and give us the measurement according to which we should judge them. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Before Noah, men having only water to drink, could not find the truth. Accordingly...they became abominably wicked, and they were justly exterminated by the… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
“Hear the sum of the whole matter in the compass of one brief word — every art possessed by man comes from Prometheus.” — Aeschylus Copy Share Image
I think most artists feel like they're outside society - no matter how many accolades they receive, or how much money is in your… — Aaron Rose Copy Share Image
The capacity to be puzzled is the premise of all creation, be it in art or in science. — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
That's the great secret of creativity. You treat ideas like cats: you make them follow you. — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“So, really," continued Jacob as if this were perfectly normal to expound on art in these circumstances, "when you think about it, the artists… — Justina Chen Headley Copy Share Image
“There are two options in art; either to adopt philosophical life by dissecting art, or to write your own philosophical life and claim it… — Taf Teh Copy Share Image
The house has to serve comfort. The work of art is revolutionary; the house is conservative. — Adolf Loos Copy Share Image
During human progress, every science is evolved out of its corresponding art. — Herbert Spencer Copy Share Image
In literature and art memory is a synonym for invention. It is the life-blood of imagination, which faints and dies when the veins are… — Robert Aris Willmott Copy Share Image
I think a business guy is different from an artist. They walk different paths. Artists create the best outputs when they're having fun. And… — G-Dragon Copy Share Image