Quotes by David Hockney

About David Hockney:

David Hockney is an English painter, draughtsman, printmaker, stage designer and photographer. He lives in Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire, and Kensington, London. Hockney maintains two residences in California, where he lived on and off for over 30 years: one in Nichols Canyon, Los Angeles, and an office and archives on Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood.
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Smoking calms me down. It's enjoyable. I don't want politicians deciding what is exciting in my life.

David Hockney

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

Anything simple always interests me.

David Hockney

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

David Hockney

There are enough no smoking places now.

David Hockney

Always live in the ugliest house on the street - then you don't have to look at it.

David Hockney

I haven't stopped painting or drawing - I've just added another medium.

David Hockney

Laugh a lot. It clears the lungs.

David Hockney

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

A belief is like a guillotine, just as heavy, just as light.

David Hockney

I think cubism has not fully been developed. It is treated like a style, pigeonholed and that's it.

David Hockney

I actually think the deafness makes you see clearer. If you can't hear, you somehow see.

David Hockney

I prefer living in color.

David Hockney

Drawing makes you see things clearer, and clearer and clearer still, until your eyes ache.

David Hockney

Being able to draw means being able to put things in believable space. People who don't draw very well can't do that.

David Hockney

I'm fed up with being bossed around.

David Hockney

On the iPhone I tended to draw with my thumb. Whereas the moment I got to the iPad, I found myself using every finger.

David Hockney

As for the world of fashion and celebrity, I have the usual interest in the human comedy, but the problems of depiction absorb me more.

David Hockney

I'm a bit claustrophobic, I don't like crowds, I live by the sea - that's what I see when I come out of my house in Bridlington.

David Hockney

All painters are interested in photography to a certain extent.

David Hockney

Photographs aren't accounts of scrutiny. The shutter is open for a fraction of a second.

David Hockney

Author Bio

  • NameDavid Hockney
  • DescriptionBritish artist
  • BornJuly 9, 1937
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionPainter; Photographer
  • WorksA Bigger Splash
  • AwardsPraemium Imperiale