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.
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Easel painting means small painting.

David Hockney

I live wherever I happen to be.

David Hockney

Picasso is still influencing me. Of course, I haven't got that kind of energy, or skill.

David Hockney

I've always felt very English.

David Hockney

I've realized that I can do performances.

David Hockney

It's very British to go about to see something unusual and paint it.

David Hockney

The moment I got a very big studio, everything took off.

David Hockney

Of course you can still paint landscape - it's not been worn out.

David Hockney

I'm a bit of a propagandist.

David Hockney

Well, in Bradford I could say I was brought up in Bradford and Hollywood.

David Hockney

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

You can't name the inventor of the camera. The 19th-century invention was chemical: the fixative.

David Hockney

I worked in the NHS as a hospital orderly during my national service, and people thought it was a noble service. But over the years it's lost its humanity.

David Hockney

It's time to debate images, especially when someone's going to prison for downloading them.

David Hockney

I mean if you draw you like drawing, it's er, an activity you do all the time actually.

David Hockney

I stay up nights and fiddle with my opera designs. It's a bit obsessive. That's why I can't do it all the time.

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

To me, the world's rather beautiful if you look at it. Especially nature.

David Hockney

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

David Hockney

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.

David Hockney

I was always struck by how Picasso had no interest in music.

David Hockney

Author Bio

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