I want life thrilling and rich. And it is. I make sure it is. David Hockney More Quotes by David Hockney More Quotes From David Hockney I mean if you draw you like drawing, it's er, an activity you do all the time actually. David Hockney drawsdrawingmean West Yorkshire is quite dramatic and beautiful, the crags and things. David Hockney yorkshirewestbeautiful Who would have thought that the telephone would bring back drawing? David Hockney telephonesdrawing Water in swimming pools changes its look more than in any other form its colour can be man-made and its dancing rhythms reflect not only the sky but, because of its transparency, the depth of the water as well. If the water surface is almost still and there is a strong sun, then dancing lines with the colours of the spectrum appear everywhere. David Hockney swimmingstrongmen I've finally figured out what's wrong with photography. It's a one-eyed man looking through a little 'ole. Now, how much reality can there be in that? David Hockney photographymenreality 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 londoncitiesamerica In my old age, I'll be in L.A. David Hockney old-ageage 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. David Hockney erassawsphotography OH, I LIKE smoking, I do. I smoke for my health, my mental health. Tobacco gives you little pauses, a rest from life. I don't suppose anyone smoking a pipe would have road rage, would they? David Hockney smokinglittlesgiving Loads of people, particularly artists, hate pretty pictures. Now I've never met anyone who didn't like a pretty face. David Hockney hateartistbeauty Style is something you can use, and you can be like a magpie, just taking what you want. The idea of the rigid style seemed to me then something you needn't concern yourself with, it would trap you. David Hockney styleuseideas All painting, no matter what you are painting, is abstract in that it's got to be organized. David Hockney paintingmatterart The moment you can learn to deal with homosexuality in art, it's quite an exciting moment, just as in a sense when people 'come out' it's quite an exciting moment. It means they become aware of their desires, and can deal with them in a remarkably honest way. David Hockney meanpeopleart In one gallery they actually had a notice which said No Sketching. How obnoxious! I said, How do you think these things got on the walls if there was no sketching? David Hockney sketchingwallthinking It sometimes takes a foreigner to come and see a place and paint it. I remember someone saying they had never really noticed the palm trees here until I painted them. David Hockney treeremembersometimes 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 nhspeopleyears I'm a bit claustrophobic, I know that now. David Hockney bitsknows I made a photograph of a garden in Kyoto, the Zen garden, which is a rectangle. But a photograph taken from any one point will not show, well it shows a rectangle, but not with ninety degree angles. David Hockney kyotogardentaken 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!' David Hockney confusedperspectiveyears Technology brought in the mass media and technology is now taking it away. David Hockney massmediatechnology
