"All art is contemporary, if it's alive, and……" — David Hockney

"All art is contemporary, if it's alive, and if it's not alive, what's the point of it?"

— David Hockney

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170 Quotes by David Hockney

David Hockney has 170 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

If you see the world as beautiful, thrilling and mysterious, as I think I do, then you feel quite alive.
OH, I LIKE smoking, I do. I smoke for my health, my mental health. Tobacco gives you little pauses, a…
All painting, no matter what you are painting, is abstract in that it's got to be organized.
The moment you can learn to deal with homosexuality in art, it's quite an exciting moment, just as in a…
Faces are the most interesting things we see
I think I am seeing more clearly now than ever,
I did come from a pretty independent-minded family.
It's all right if you don't mind looking at the world from the point of view of a paralyzed Cyclops—for…
In one gallery they actually had a notice which said No Sketching. How obnoxious! I said, How do you think…
In the end nobody knows how it's done — how art is made. It can't be explained. Optical devices are…
It sometimes takes a foreigner to come and see a place and paint it. I remember someone saying they had…
I can get excitement watching rain on a puddle. And then I paint it. Now, I admit, there are not…

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There are some four million different kinds of animals and plants in the world. Four million different solutions to the… — David Attenborough
No poet or novelist wishes he were the only one who ever lived, but most of them wish they were… — Wystan Hugh Auden
When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe,… — Marcus Aurelius
I think if we didn't contradict ourselves, it would be awfully boring. It would be tedious to be alive. — Paul Auster
Here is the test to find whether your mission on Earth is finished: if you're alive, it isn't. — Richard Bach
The Holy Spirit is our comforter, our teacher. That's why, in prayer, we can ask the Lord to open up… — Michele Bachmann
A man without ambition is dead. A man with ambition but no love is dead. A man with ambition and… — Pearl Bailey
It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me… — James A. Baldwin
I tried to keep both arts alive, but the camera won. I found that while the camera does not express… — Ansel Adams
My biggest fear ever is to be involved in a plane crash, so when that happened... well, I'm just thankful… — Travis Barker
As a housewife, I feel that if the kids are still alive when my husband gets home from work, then… — Roseanne Barr
The real truth is, I just want to keep the voice of dissent alive in all of our elections. I… — Roseanne Barr

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