I'm a bit claustrophobic, I know that now. David Hockney More Quotes by David Hockney More Quotes From David Hockney I think probably something big can be done with cameras, I'm not saying, er, I'm saying chemical photography's finished, that means you can't have a Cartier Bresson again, you need never believe pictures. David Hockney photographymeanbelieve There's no-one up there in Northern Norway, food's terrible, but it's very, very beautiful to look at, if you've got eyes, and enjoy looking. David Hockney eyebeautifullooks We all know a mirror reflects us, if you look in it. If you move, the reflection moves. If you project from a mirror, meaning it will project an image, it's nothing to do with you. The world seen by nobody. David Hockney mirrorsreflectionmoving It's difficult to talk about colour, even remember colour actually. David Hockney difficultcolourremember I'm really only interested in technology that is about pictures. I'm interested in anything that makes a picture. David Hockney technology I've never been interested in, much in the politics of the art world, it doesn't interest me. David Hockney interestworldart Because I'm interested in depiction, representation, therefore you're interested in photography. You don't ignore it. David Hockney depictionrepresentationphotography The cameras are getting smaller, they're getting more versatile, and eventually, I'm sure you'll have a camera with lots and lots of things on it so you can alter the picture. You could alter perspective. David Hockney versatilecamerasperspective I was always interested in photography because it makes a picture. David Hockney photography The high-definition picture is still a perspective picture. That's the real problem, the perspective picture. David Hockney perspectivedefinitionsreal I think we seem to remember things in still pictures. I never gave up on painting. When they said painting was dead, I just thought, Well, that's all about photography, and photography's not that interesting, and it's changing anyway. David Hockney photographyinterestingthinking You can't believe any picture nowadays, if it's digital. You can't really believe. If you see me shaking hands with Mr. [Barack] Obama, it doesn't mean I ever met him, does it? David Hockney meanbelievehands Time is the great mystery anyway. And it's still the great mystery in the moving picture as well. David Hockney wellsmysterymoving Photography sees surfaces, it doesn't see space. We see space but the camera doesn't. David Hockney camerasspacephotography I'm sure that the camera is part of European art. David Hockney camerasart I think the ambiguity of similarity and difference is very powerful. It's the same scene in different times of year read across the grid, and, of course, different locations reading vertically. But you can get confused and lost in the series. You force the mind, which is always comparing and contrasting, to stumble ... That ambiguity is very powerful. One is getting lost and refinding oneself. David Hockney confusedpowerfulreading I thought using three cameras was a lot better than one, because you could see where you were going, where you'd been, and all kinds of things - more like life. I think photography has colored our vision. We're now in an area where it might break something. I think this is a time. I feel it. I don't know whether I'll be here long enough to experience it. I've no plans to leave yet. David Hockney photographylongthinking The problem is, photographic dyes and printing inks aren't as good as paint, actually. David Hockney printinginkproblem Great claims are being made for the photograph as truth. We are showing you things, we show you the war. I say you can't actually. The camera can't. David Hockney camerasphotographwar What the art historians had forgotten is that in Chinese, Japanese, Persian, and Indian art, they never painted shadows. Why did they paint shadows in European art? Shadows are because of optics. Optics need shadows and strong light. Strong light makes the deepest shadows. It took me a few years to realize fully that the art historians didn't grasp that. There are a lot of interesting new things, ideas, pictures. David Hockney lightstrongart
