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David Hockney Quotes

Dawn is about luminosity and so is the iPhone... The little drawings of the dawn are done while I’m still in bed... If you’re in my kind of business you’d be a fool to sleep through that... Artists can’t work office hours, can they? Picture Quote #1

Before he did all those lovely line drawings, Matisse would make really detailed charcoal drawings and tear them up. He wouldn’t leave them about... I understand what he was doing: discovering what’s there... to make the line meaningful, to find a linear solution Picture Quote #1

Perspective is a law of optics... The Chinese did not have a system like it. Indeed, it is said they rejected the idea of the vanishing point in the eleventh century, because it meant the viewer was not there, indeed, had no movement, therefore was not alive Picture Quote #1

The vanishing point leads to the missiles of today, which can take us out of this world. It could be that the west’s greatest mistakes were the ‘invention’ of the external vanishing point and the internal combustion engine Picture Quote #1

I have never really done any teaching and maybe I should have done. I am not power-mad enough Picture Quote #1

The cameras are getting smaller, they’re getting more versatile, and eventually, I’m sure you’ll have a camera with lots and lots of things on it so you can alter the picture. You could alter perspective Picture Quote #1

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I think we’re in a very exciting time - visually, I think we are. I’ve not got a crystal ball. I’m not saying I know what the future is at all. In some ways I’m getting quite pessimistic about the future, but in other ways I think it might get better. We are moving into very big changes Picture Quote #1

Movie actors disappear - any young person wouldn’t know Cary Grant. They’re going to disappear. Fifty years ago, you thought film was here to stay. But nothing is here to stay, actually - except perhaps paintings and drawings Picture Quote #1

I think the ambiguity of similarity and difference is very powerful. It’s the same scene in different times of year read across the grid, and, of course, different locations reading vertically. But you can get confused and lost in the series. You force the mind, which is always comparing and contrasting, to stumble ... That ambiguity is very powerful. One is getting lost and refinding oneself Picture Quote #1

Smoking calms me down. It’s enjoyable. I don’t want politicians deciding what is exciting in my life Picture Quote #1

I had always planned to make a large painting of the early spring, when the first leaves are at the bottom of the trees, and they seem to float in space in a wonderful way. But the arrival of spring can’t be done in one picture Picture Quote #1

There’s no-one up there in Northern Norway , food’s terrible, but it’s very, very beautiful to look at, if you’ve got eyes, and enjoy looking Picture Quote #1

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

With watercolour, you can’t cover up the marks. There’s the story of the construction of the picture, and then the picture might tell another story as well Picture Quote #1

I never talk when I’m drawing a person, especially if I’m making line drawings. I prefer there to be no noise at all so I can concentrate more Picture Quote #1

I haven’t stopped painting or drawing - I’ve just added another medium Picture Quote #1

I’m not really looking for theater work. But if somebody approaches me with enthusiasm, I might respond 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

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

To me, the world's rather beautiful if you look at it. Especially nature Picture Quote #1

People tend to forget that play is serious Picture Quote #1

The only people who need degrees are dentists and brain surgeons Picture Quote #1

No one has ever asked to see my degree certificate Picture Quote #1

There would be no bohemia without smoking Picture Quote #1

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Paint something every day Picture Quote #1

Water colours are wet colours in water Picture Quote #1

Drawing makes you see things clearer, and clearer and clearer still, until your eyes ache Picture Quote #1

A lot of people, given the chance, would blow up everything, and you and me Picture Quote #1

Technology brought in the mass media and technology is now taking it away Picture Quote #1

You had to be aware that I saw that photography was a mere episode in the history of the optical projection and when the chemicals ended, meaning the picture was fixed by chemicals, we were in a new era Picture Quote #1

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Dawn is about luminosity and so is the iPhone... The little drawings of the dawn are done while I’m still in bed... If you’re in my kind of business you’d be a fool to sleep through that... Artists can’t work office hours, can they? (David Hockney Quotes) Before he did all those lovely line drawings, Matisse would make really detailed charcoal drawings and tear them up. He wouldn’t leave them about... I understand what he was doing: discovering what’s there... to make the line meaningful, to find a linear solution (David Hockney Quotes) Perspective is a law of optics... The Chinese did not have a system like it. Indeed, it is said they rejected the idea of the vanishing point in the eleventh century, because it meant the viewer was not there, indeed, had no movement, therefore was not alive (David Hockney Quotes) The vanishing point leads to the missiles of today, which can take us out of this world. It could be that the west’s greatest mistakes were the ‘invention’ of the external vanishing point and the internal combustion engine (David Hockney Quotes) I have never really done any teaching and maybe I should have done. I am not power-mad enough (David Hockney Quotes) The cameras are getting smaller, they’re getting more versatile, and eventually, I’m sure you’ll have a camera with lots and lots of things on it so you can alter the picture. You could alter perspective (David Hockney Quotes) I think we’re in a very exciting time - visually, I think we are. I’ve not got a crystal ball. I’m not saying I know what the future is at all. In some ways I’m getting quite pessimistic about the future, but in other ways I think it might get better. We are moving into very big changes (David Hockney Quotes) Movie actors disappear - any young person wouldn’t know Cary Grant. They’re going to disappear. Fifty years ago, you thought film was here to stay. But nothing is here to stay, actually - except perhaps paintings and drawings (David Hockney Quotes) I think the ambiguity of similarity and difference is very powerful. It’s the same scene in different times of year read across the grid, and, of course, different locations reading vertically. But you can get confused and lost in the series. You force the mind, which is always comparing and contrasting, to stumble ... That ambiguity is very powerful. One is getting lost and refinding oneself (David Hockney Quotes) Smoking calms me down. It’s enjoyable. I don’t want politicians deciding what is exciting in my life. (David Hockney Quotes) I had always planned to make a large painting of the early spring, when the first leaves are at the bottom of the trees, and they seem to float in space in a wonderful way. But the arrival of spring can’t be done in one picture. (David Hockney Quotes) There’s no-one up there in Northern Norway , food’s terrible, but it’s very, very beautiful to look at, if you’ve got eyes, and enjoy looking. (David Hockney Quotes) Photography sees surfaces, it doesn’t see space. We see space but the camera doesn’t. (David Hockney Quotes) With watercolour, you can’t cover up the marks. There’s the story of the construction of the picture, and then the picture might tell another story as well. (David Hockney Quotes) I never talk when I’m drawing a person, especially if I’m making line drawings. I prefer there to be no noise at all so I can concentrate more. (David Hockney Quotes) I haven’t stopped painting or drawing - I’ve just added another medium (David Hockney Quotes) I’m not really looking for theater work. But if somebody approaches me with enthusiasm, I might respond. (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) The high-definition picture is still a perspective picture. That’s the real problem, the perspective picture. (David Hockney Quotes) To me, the world's rather beautiful if you look at it. Especially nature (David Hockney Quotes) People tend to forget that play is serious (David Hockney Quotes) The only people who need degrees are dentists and brain surgeons (David Hockney Quotes) No one has ever asked to see my degree certificate (David Hockney Quotes) There would be no bohemia without smoking (David Hockney Quotes) Paint something every day (David Hockney Quotes) Water colours are wet colours in water (David Hockney Quotes) Drawing makes you see things clearer, and clearer and clearer still, until your eyes ache (David Hockney Quotes) A lot of people, given the chance, would blow up everything, and you and me (David Hockney Quotes) Technology brought in the mass media and technology is now taking it away (David Hockney Quotes) You had to be aware that I saw that photography was a mere episode in the history of the optical projection and when the chemicals ended, meaning the picture was fixed by chemicals, we were in a new era (David Hockney Quotes)

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