Quotes by Artists

I can often tell when drawings are done from photographs, because you can tell what they miss out, what the camera misses out: usually weight and volume - there's a flatness to them. David Hockney
You Drawings Out Tell Photographs Volume Weight Miss Misses Because Camera Done Often Them
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
Art You Experience People Thought Unless About Something Share Sharing Course Because Trying Closer Artist Wanted Them Bring
California is always in my mind. David Hockney
Mind California Always
Photographs aren't accounts of scrutiny. The shutter is open for a fraction of a second. David Hockney
Photographs Open Accounts Scrutiny Second Shutter Fraction
Tobacco is America's greatest gift to the world! David Hockney
World Gift Greatest Gift Greatest America Tobacco
A belief is like a guillotine, just as heavy, just as light. David Hockney
Light Like Just Heavy Belief
To me, the world's rather beautiful if you look at it. Especially nature. David Hockney
Beautiful Nature Me You World Rather Look
Well you can't teach the poetry, but you can teach the craft. David Hockney
You Poetry Well Craft Teach
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
Change People Confused Perspective First Big Attack Had Like Look Known Cubism Said Big Change Been Years Used Things
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
Art Wonderful Space First Picture Spring Painting Trees Way Seem Had Bottom Make Always Leaves Arrival Wonderful Way Done Planned Large Float Early
All painters are interested in photography to a certain extent. David Hockney
Photography Interested Certain Certain Extent Painters Extent
And then I went round the corner and there's a Van Gogh portrait, and you just think, well, this is another level. A higher level, actually. I love the Sargent, but it's not the level of Van Gogh. David Hockney
Love You Think Corner Van Van Gogh Higher Higher Level Well Another Gogh Just Then Round Actually Level Portrait
It is very good advice to believe only what an artist does, rather than what he says about his work. David Hockney
Work Good Advice Believe Says About Rather Only He Does His Very Than Artist Good Advice
The photograph isn't good enough. It's not real enough. David Hockney
Good Enough Photograph Real
I'm fed up with being bossed around. David Hockney
Fed Fed Up Around Up Being
Of course you can still paint landscape - it's not been worn out. David Hockney
You Worn Out Course Still Been Landscape Paint
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
I made a photograph of a garden in Kyoto, the Zen garden, which is a rectangle. But a photograph taken from any one point will not show, well it shows a rectangle, but not with ninety degree angles. David Hockney
Garden Will Made Degree Ninety Photograph Angles Point Taken Well Any Which Show Shows Zen
In fact, most artists want to make things a bit more difficult for themselves as they go along, to challenge themselves. David Hockney
Challenge Difficult Bit More Fact Along Most Make Go Artists In Fact Want Themselves Things
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
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