David Hockney quotes - page 3

You must plan to be spontaneous. (David Hockney)
Enjoyment of the landscape is a thrill. View quote
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I draw flowers every day and send them to my friends so they get fresh blooms every morning. View quote
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Drawing makes you see things clearer, and clearer and clearer still, until your eyes ache. View quote
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California is always in my mind. View quote
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Laugh a lot. It clears the lungs. View quote
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I think I am seeing more clearly now than ever. View quote
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When you are older, you realise that everything else is just nothing compared to painting and drawing. View quote
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Being able to draw means being able to put things in believable space. People who don't draw very well can't do that. View quote
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I do do a lot of talking, because it saves me listening. View quote
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In fact, most artists want to make things a bit more difficult for themselves as they go along, to challenge themselves. (David Hockney)
I'm fed up with being bossed around. View quote
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As you get older, it gets a bit harder to keep the spontaneity in you, but I work at it. View quote
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East Yorkshire, to the uninitiated, just looks like a lot of little hills. But it does have these marvelous valleys that were caused by glaciers, not rivers. So it is unusual. View quote
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It's very British to go about to see something unusual and paint it. View quote
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I was always struck by how Picasso had no interest in music. View quote
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Who's going to ask a painter to see a diploma? They'd say, 'Can I see your paintings?', wouldn't they? View quote
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All painters are interested in photography to a certain extent. View quote
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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. View quote
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I did come from a pretty independent-minded family. View quote
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As for the world of fashion and celebrity, I have the usual interest in the human comedy, but the problems of depiction absorb me more. (David Hockney)
It's time to debate images, especially when someone's going to prison for downloading them. View quote
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I never work with music. I hate background music, always did. I only like music in the foreground, meaning, deliberately listen to it, actually. View quote
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A lot of people, given the chance, would blow up everything, and you and me. View quote
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Britain is a very small country with a very large press. View quote
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David Hockney

David Hockney - Image
Photo: Connaissance des Arts, CC BY 3.0
Occupation: English Painter
Born: July 9, 1937
Quotes count: 122
Wikipedia: David Hockney

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