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David Hockney Quotes

Britain is a very small country with a very large press Picture Quote #1

Enjoyment of the landscape is a thrill Picture Quote #1

I do do a lot of talking, because it saves me listening Picture Quote #1

I don’t value prizes of any sort Picture Quote #1

I’m always excited by the unlikely, never by ordinary things Picture Quote #1

I’m not going to stop painting just to take orders Picture Quote #1

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The moment I got a very big studio, everything took off Picture Quote #1

The photograph isn’t good enough. It’s not real enough Picture Quote #1

Who would have thought that the telephone would bring back drawing? Picture Quote #1

Faces are the most interesting things we see Picture Quote #1

It’s all one to me: opera, painting, drawing, faxes Picture Quote #1

My only worry is the painting I’m doing. Nothing else Picture Quote #1

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I want life thrilling and rich. And it is. I make sure it is Picture Quote #1

I do believe that painting can change the world Picture Quote #1

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 mean I actually played with cameras and photography for about 20 years Picture Quote #1

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 people: they said, ‘Things don’t look like that!’ Picture Quote #1

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 shadows and I knew it meant it was sunny Picture Quote #1

We live in an age where the artist is forgotten. He is a researcher. I see myself that way Picture Quote #1

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I’m really only interested in technology that is about pictures. I’m interested in anything that makes a picture Picture Quote #1

I’m convinced that technology and art go together - and always have, for centuries Picture Quote #1

The editing of moving pictures is geared toward the single image. You’d have to edit things in new ways Picture Quote #1

I can see that cinema seems to be finished. Everybody has a bigger screen at home. I’m assuming eventually you won’t need a screen at all - these iPhones will just project Picture Quote #1

The high-definition picture is still a perspective picture. That’s the real problem, the perspective picture Picture Quote #1

I was never that interested in movies. I was interested in them as a thing, but I didn’t want to make movies. I always wanted to draw and paint Picture Quote #1

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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 doesn’t mean I ever met him, does it? Picture Quote #1

Time is the great mystery anyway. And it’s still the great mystery in the moving picture as well Picture Quote #1

I think photography has made us see the landscape in a very dull way - that’s one of its effects. It’s not spatial Picture Quote #1

Photography sees surfaces, it doesn’t see space. We see space but the camera doesn’t Picture Quote #1

The history of photography needs clearing out. It needs something else now. Because photography always acknowledged there were cameras before photography Picture Quote #1

The camera can’t see space. It sees surfaces. People see space, which is much more interesting Picture Quote #1

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Britain is a very small country with a very large press (David Hockney Quotes) Enjoyment of the landscape is a thrill (David Hockney Quotes) I do do a lot of talking, because it saves me listening (David Hockney Quotes) I don’t value prizes of any sort (David Hockney Quotes) I’m always excited by the unlikely, never by ordinary things (David Hockney Quotes) I’m not going to stop painting just to take orders (David Hockney Quotes) The moment I got a very big studio, everything took off (David Hockney Quotes) The photograph isn’t good enough. It’s not real enough (David Hockney Quotes) Who would have thought that the telephone would bring back drawing? (David Hockney Quotes) Faces are the most interesting things we see (David Hockney Quotes) It’s all one to me: opera, painting, drawing, faxes (David Hockney Quotes) My only worry is the painting I’m doing. Nothing else (David Hockney Quotes) I want life thrilling and rich. And it is. I make sure it is (David Hockney Quotes) I do believe that painting can change the world (David Hockney Quotes) 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 mean I actually played with cameras and photography for about 20 years (David Hockney Quotes) 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 people: they said, ‘Things don’t look like that!’ (David Hockney Quotes) 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 shadows and I knew it meant it was sunny (David Hockney Quotes) We live in an age where the artist is forgotten. He is a researcher. I see myself that way (David Hockney Quotes) I’m really only interested in technology that is about pictures. I’m interested in anything that makes a picture (David Hockney Quotes) I’m convinced that technology and art go together - and always have, for centuries (David Hockney Quotes) The editing of moving pictures is geared toward the single image. You’d have to edit things in new ways (David Hockney Quotes) I can see that cinema seems to be finished. Everybody has a bigger screen at home. I’m assuming eventually you won’t need a screen at all - these iPhones will just project (David Hockney Quotes) The high-definition picture is still a perspective picture. That’s the real problem, the perspective picture (David Hockney Quotes) I was never that interested in movies. I was interested in them as a thing, but I didn’t want to make movies. I always wanted to draw and paint (David Hockney Quotes) 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 doesn’t mean I ever met him, does it? (David Hockney Quotes) Time is the great mystery anyway. And it’s still the great mystery in the moving picture as well (David Hockney Quotes) I think photography has made us see the landscape in a very dull way - that’s one of its effects. It’s not spatial (David Hockney Quotes) Photography sees surfaces, it doesn’t see space. We see space but the camera doesn’t (David Hockney Quotes) The history of photography needs clearing out. It needs something else now. Because photography always acknowledged there were cameras before photography (David Hockney Quotes) The camera can’t see space. It sees surfaces. People see space, which is much more interesting (David Hockney Quotes)

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