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David Hockney Quotes

I go and see anything that's visually new, any technology that's about picture-making. The technology won't make the pictures different, but someone using it will Picture Quote #1

I think my father would have liked to have been an artist, actually. But I think he didn't quite have perhaps the drive or, I don't know, I mean he had a family to bring up I suppose Picture Quote #1

What I always longed to do was to be able to paint like I can draw, most artists would tell you that, they would all like to paint like they can draw Picture Quote #1

Any artist will tell you he’s really only interested in the stuff he’s doing now. He will, always. It’s true, and it should be like that Picture Quote #1

We need all kinds of artists. We have no need to destroy drawing. We lose so much. This wouldn’t happen in music Picture Quote #1

Loads of people, particularly artists, hate pretty pictures. Now I’ve never met anyone who didn’t like a pretty face Picture Quote #1

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When you’re very young, you suddenly find this marvellous freedom. It’s quite exciting, and you’re prepared to do anything Picture Quote #1

Future art that is based on appearances won’t look like the art that’s gone before. Even revivals of a period are not the same Picture Quote #1

I am constantly preoccupied with how to remove distance so that we can all come closer together, so that we can all begin to sense we are the same, we are one Picture Quote #1

No matter what the illusion created, it is a flat canvas and it has to be organized into shapes Picture Quote #1

Once my hand has drawn something my eye has observed, I know it by heart, and I can draw it again without a model Picture Quote #1

If you go too far with naturalism, there is no need to even organize; just look... and paint what you see until the canvas ends Picture Quote #1

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It is difficult to say why I decided I wanted to be an artist. Obviously, I had some facility, more than other people, but sometimes facility comes because one is more interested in looking at things, examining them, more interested in the visual world than other people are Picture Quote #1

In art, new ways of seeing mean new ways of feeling; you can’t divorce the two, as, we are now aware, you cannot have time without space and space without time Picture Quote #1

The pictures on the walls aren’t like movies. They don’t move, they don’t talk, and they’ll last longer. They will last longer Picture Quote #1

The video camera dominates art. It’s a bore, it makes everything look a bit the same. If you look at things with a pencil and paper in your hand, you are going to see far more Picture Quote #1

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 very fact that the art is made seems to contradict despair Picture Quote #1

I believe that the problem of how you depict something is a formal problem. It’s an interesting one and it’s a permanent one; there’s no solution to it. There are a thousand and one ways you can go about it. There’s no set rule Picture Quote #1

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The way we see things is constantly changing. At the moment the way we see things has been left a lot to the camera. That shouldn’t necessarily be 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

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

It’s a myth that if you’re liked by only four people it must be good. It might also be very bad: they might be your mother, your brother, your uncle and your aunt Picture Quote #1

Anyway I feel myself a bit on the edge on the art world, but I don’t mind, I’m just pursuing my work in a very excited way. And there isn’t really a mainstream anymore, is there? Picture Quote #1

As you get older, it gets a bit harder to keep the spontaneity in you, but I work at it Picture Quote #1

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I draw flowers every day and send them to my friends so they get fresh blooms every morning Picture Quote #1

I’m interested in all kinds of pictures, however they are made, with cameras, with paint brushes, with computers, with anything Picture Quote #1

It is very good advice to believe only what an artist does, rather than what he says about his work Picture Quote #1

Most artists work all the time, they do actually, especially good artists, they work all the time, what else is there to do? I mean you do Picture Quote #1

The moment you cheat for the sake of beauty, you know you’re an artist Picture Quote #1

What an artist is trying to do for people is bring them closer to something, because of course art is about sharing. You wouldn’t be an artist unless you wanted to share an experience, a thought Picture Quote #1

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I go and see anything that's visually new, any technology that's about picture-making. The technology won't make the pictures different, but someone using it will (David Hockney Quotes) I think my father would have liked to have been an artist, actually. But I think he didn't quite have perhaps the drive or, I don't know, I mean he had a family to bring up I suppose (David Hockney Quotes) What I always longed to do was to be able to paint like I can draw, most artists would tell you that, they would all like to paint like they can draw (David Hockney Quotes) Any artist will tell you he’s really only interested in the stuff he’s doing now. He will, always. It’s true, and it should be like that (David Hockney Quotes) We need all kinds of artists. We have no need to destroy drawing. We lose so much. This wouldn’t happen in music (David Hockney Quotes) Loads of people, particularly artists, hate pretty pictures. Now I’ve never met anyone who didn’t like a pretty face (David Hockney Quotes) When you’re very young, you suddenly find this marvellous freedom. It’s quite exciting, and you’re prepared to do anything (David Hockney Quotes) Future art that is based on appearances won’t look like the art that’s gone before. Even revivals of a period are not the same (David Hockney Quotes) I am constantly preoccupied with how to remove distance so that we can all come closer together, so that we can all begin to sense we are the same, we are one (David Hockney Quotes) No matter what the illusion created, it is a flat canvas and it has to be organized into shapes (David Hockney Quotes) Once my hand has drawn something my eye has observed, I know it by heart, and I can draw it again without a model (David Hockney Quotes) If you go too far with naturalism, there is no need to even organize; just look... and paint what you see until the canvas ends (David Hockney Quotes) It is difficult to say why I decided I wanted to be an artist. Obviously, I had some facility, more than other people, but sometimes facility comes because one is more interested in looking at things, examining them, more interested in the visual world than other people are (David Hockney Quotes) In art, new ways of seeing mean new ways of feeling; you can’t divorce the two, as, we are now aware, you cannot have time without space and space without time (David Hockney Quotes) The pictures on the walls aren’t like movies. They don’t move, they don’t talk, and they’ll last longer. They will last longer (David Hockney Quotes) The video camera dominates art. It’s a bore, it makes everything look a bit the same. If you look at things with a pencil and paper in your hand, you are going to see far more (David Hockney Quotes) 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 very fact that the art is made seems to contradict despair (David Hockney Quotes) I believe that the problem of how you depict something is a formal problem. It’s an interesting one and it’s a permanent one; there’s no solution to it. There are a thousand and one ways you can go about it. There’s no set rule (David Hockney Quotes) The way we see things is constantly changing. At the moment the way we see things has been left a lot to the camera. That shouldn’t necessarily be (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) 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) It’s a myth that if you’re liked by only four people it must be good. It might also be very bad: they might be your mother, your brother, your uncle and your aunt (David Hockney Quotes) Anyway I feel myself a bit on the edge on the art world, but I don’t mind, I’m just pursuing my work in a very excited way. And there isn’t really a mainstream anymore, is there? (David Hockney Quotes) As you get older, it gets a bit harder to keep the spontaneity in you, but I work at it (David Hockney Quotes) I draw flowers every day and send them to my friends so they get fresh blooms every morning (David Hockney Quotes) I’m interested in all kinds of pictures, however they are made, with cameras, with paint brushes, with computers, with anything (David Hockney Quotes) It is very good advice to believe only what an artist does, rather than what he says about his work (David Hockney Quotes) Most artists work all the time, they do actually, especially good artists, they work all the time, what else is there to do? I mean you do (David Hockney Quotes) The moment you cheat for the sake of beauty, you know you’re an artist (David Hockney Quotes) What an artist is trying to do for people is bring them closer to something, because of course art is about sharing. You wouldn’t be an artist unless you wanted to share an experience, a thought (David Hockney Quotes)

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