“People criticized me for my photography. They said it's not art.”
Art
“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.”
FamilyAll Quotes by David Hockney
“I'm a very early riser, and I don't like to miss that beautiful early morning light.”
Morning“I'm interested in all kinds of pictures, however they are made, with cameras, with paint brushes, with computers, with anything.”
Computers“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.”
Technology“To me, the world's rather beautiful if you look at it. Especially nature.”
Nature“Listening is a positive act: you have to put yourself out to do it.”
Positive“I did come from a pretty independent-minded family.”
Family“I draw flowers every day and send them to my friends so they get fresh blooms every morning.”
Morning“Anyway I feel myself a bit on the edge on the art world, but I don't mind, I'm just pursuing my work in a very excited way. And there isn't really a mainstream anymore, is there?”
Art“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.”
History“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.”
Art“We live in an age where the artist is forgotten. He is a researcher. I see myself that way.”
Age“Art has to move you and design does not, unless it's a good design for a bus.”
Art“In my old age, I'll be in L.A.”
Age“I went to art school actually when I was sixteen years old.”
Art“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!'”
Change“The moment you cheat for the sake of beauty, you know you're an artist.”
Art“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.”
Family“I was always struck by how Picasso had no interest in music.”
Music“Well you can't teach the poetry, but you can teach the craft.”
Poetry