61 David Hockney Quotes for You to Enjoy

David Hockney

English Artist

Born: Jul 9, 1937

Always Drawing Me People Think You

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Television is becoming a collage - there are so many channels that you move through them making a collage yourself. In that sense, everyone sees something a bit different. David Hockney

You Yourself Sense Channels Everyone Bit Collage Television Something Sees Through Becoming Making Move Different Them Many

I think Picasso was, without doubt, the greatest portraitist of the 20th century, if not any other century. David Hockney

Doubt Think Other Picasso Without Greatest Any Century

Well, in Bradford I could say I was brought up in Bradford and Hollywood. David Hockney

Say Brought Could Well Up Hollywood

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

Time Me Photography Long Long Time Think Took Slowly About Years Cameras Began Going Mean Then Use Actually Played

But the moment you use an ordinary camera, you are not seeing the picture, remember, meaning, you had to remember what you've taken. Now you could see it of course, with a digital thing, but remember in 1982 you couldn't. David Hockney

You Remember Digital Picture See Seeing Could Had Taken Course Camera Ordinary Meaning Use Moment Now Thing

Picasso is still influencing me. Of course, I haven't got that kind of energy, or skill. David Hockney

Me Energy Kind Picasso Course Got Still Influencing Skill

I'm a natural sceptic. David Hockney

Natural

I was 18 when I first visited London, I'm very provincial like that, but I must confess the moment I got to America I thought: This is the place. It was more open, with 24-hour cities and pubs and restaurants that didn't close. David Hockney

Thought First Visited Cities Must Restaurants London More Open Like Got Provincial Very Close America Confess Place Moment Pubs

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

Family Father Drive Think Would Had He Suppose Perhaps Know Liked Been Up Artist Quite Mean Actually Bring

I mean if you draw you like drawing, it's er, an activity you do all the time actually. David Hockney

Time You Draw Drawing Like Mean Activity Actually

I don't value prizes of any sort. David Hockney

Value Sort Prizes Any

I value my friends. David Hockney

Value Friends

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

Work Me Enthusiasm Somebody Looking Approaches Respond Theater Might Really

Who would have thought that the telephone would bring back drawing? David Hockney

Thought Back Telephone Drawing Would Who Bring

I've realized that I can do performances. David Hockney

Performance Realized

I've always wanted to be able to paint the dawn. David Hockney

Able Dawn Always Wanted Paint

West Yorkshire is quite dramatic and beautiful, the crags and things. David Hockney

Beautiful Dramatic West Yorkshire Quite Things

I'm very attracted to the great open spaces of the West. David Hockney

Great Open Open Spaces Attracted West Very Spaces

It's very British to go about to see something unusual and paint it. David Hockney

See About Something Unusual Go Very Paint British

I'm not antisocial. I like people. David Hockney

People Like Antisocial

I grew up in austerity in the 1940s and 1950s. David Hockney

Austerity Up Grew

I think the Enlightenment is leading us into a dark hole, really. David Hockney

Dark Think Leading Hole Us Really Enlightenment

Easel painting means small painting. David Hockney

Painting Small Means

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