Quotes by David Hockney

“Only after seeing the winter, do you comprehend the richness of summer. This was a big theme, and one I could confidently do: the infinite variety of nature.”

“Would Turner have slept through such terrific drama? Absolutely not! Anyone in my business who slept through that would be a fool. I don't keep office hours.”

“Most people feel that the world looks like the photograph. I've always assumed that the photograph is nearly right, but that little bit by which it misses makes it miss by a mile. This is what I gr...”

“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 sprin...”

“I'm interested in all kinds of pictures, however they are made, with cameras, with paint brushes, with computers, with anything.”

“I'm a very early riser, and I don't like to miss that beautiful early morning light.”

“I draw flowers every day and send them to my friends so they get fresh blooms every morning.”

“A lot of people, given the chance, would blow up everything, and you and me.”

“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.”

“Listening is a positive act: you have to put yourself out to do it.”

“Art has to move you and design does not, unless it's a good design for a bus.”

“The moment you cheat for the sake of beauty, you know you're an artist.”

“What I didn't know was I was deeply attracted to the big space.”

“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.”

“Well you can't teach the poetry, but you can teach the craft.”

“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!'”