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David Hockney Quotes

David Hockney quotes

English Artist July 9, 1937

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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
I think I’m greedy, but I’m not greedy for money – I think that can be a burden – I’m greedy for an exciting life. I want it to be exciting all the time, and I get it, actually. On the other hand, I can find excitement, I admit, in raindrops falling on a puddle and a lot of people wouldn’t. I intend to have it exciting until the day I fall over. David Hockney
David Hockney quote: "Smoking calms me down. It's enjoyable. I don't want..."
Smoking calms me down. It's enjoyable. I don't want politicians deciding what is exciting in my life. David Hockney
David Hockney quote: "Art has to move you and design does not, unless it's a good..."
Art has to move you and design does not, unless it's a good design for a bus. David Hockney
David Hockney quote: "The moment you cheat for the sake of beauty, you know you're..."
The moment you cheat for the sake of beauty, you know you're an artist. David Hockney
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
David Hockney quote: "It is very good advice to believe only what an artist does,..."
It is very good advice to believe only what an artist does, rather than what he says about his work. David Hockney
Shadows sometimes people don't see shadows. The Chinese of course never paint them in pictures, oriental art never deals with shadow. But I noticed these shadows and I knew it meant it was sunny. David Hockney
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
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
David Hockney quote: "Yes, I did, I mean I painted er, in a kind of abstract..."
Yes, I did, I mean I painted er, in a kind of abstract expressionist way, because of course that was exciting. David Hockney
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
But, I would always be thinking of how pictures are constructed and colour, how to use it, I mean you're using it for constructing, makes you think about it, the place did as well. David Hockney
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
David Hockney quote: "We grow small trying to be great."
We grow small trying to be great. David Hockney

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