There would be no bohemia without smoking. David Hockney More Quotes by David Hockney More Quotes From David Hockney I did come from a pretty independent-minded family. David Hockney independentfamily Movie actors disappear - any young person wouldn't know Cary Grant. They're going to disappear. Fifty years ago, you thought film was here to stay. But nothing is here to stay, actually - except perhaps paintings and drawings. David Hockney drawingactorsyears I can often tell when drawings are done from photographs, because you can tell what they miss out, what the camera misses out: usually weight and volume - there's a flatness to them. David Hockney camerasdrawingmissing East Yorkshire, to the uninitiated, just looks like a lot of little hills. But it does have these marvelous valleys that were caused by glaciers, not rivers. So it is unusual. David Hockney valleyseastrivers It's time to debate images, especially when someone's going to prison for downloading them. David Hockney debateprison The picture itself is a document. How do you mean? We're looking at a document. It gives you clues. David Hockney cluegivingmean I never work with music. I hate background music, always did. I only like music in the foreground, meaning, deliberately listen to it, actually. David Hockney background-musicbackgroundshate When you're very young, you suddenly find this marvellous freedom. It's quite exciting, and you're prepared to do anything. David Hockney freedomexcitingyoung What I didn't know was I was deeply attracted to the big space. David Hockney bigsspaceknows Well, in Bradford I could say I was brought up in Bradford and Hollywood. David Hockney bradfordwellshollywood I believe that the problem of how you depict something is a formal problem. It's an interesting one and it's a permanent one; there's no solution to it. There are a thousand and one ways you can go about it. There's no set rule. David Hockney believewayinteresting I usually only draw myself in down periods... I suppose that's why I often draw myself looking grim. I just think, 'Let's have a look in the mirror.' When you are alone and you look in a mirror you never put on a pleasing smile. Well, you don't, do you? David Hockney mirrorslooksthinking A lot of people, given the chance, would blow up everything, and you and me. David Hockney chanceblowpeople On the 31st of October 2011 year, I had a mini-stroke. I couldn't finish my sentences. So I went to the doctor. It was a tiny one. The speech came back in a month or so. I did notice I could draw even better, I felt. I was concentrating more. And I wasn't talking much, but I was drawing. I said, "Well, I don't have to talk much." David Hockney doctorstalkingyears What I always longed to do was to be able to paint like I can draw, most artists would tell you that, they would all like to paint like they can draw. David Hockney paintableartist It is difficult to say why I decided I wanted to be an artist. Obviously, I had some facility, more than other people, but sometimes facility comes because one is more interested in looking at things, examining them, more interested in the visual world than other people are. David Hockney artistpeopleworld Style is something you can use, and you can be like a magpie, just taking what you want. David Hockney styleusewant The way we see things is constantly changing. At the moment the way we see things has been left a lot to the camera. That shouldn't necessarily be. David Hockney camerasmomentsway Any artist will tell you he's really only interested in the stuff he's doing now. He will, always. It's true, and it should be like that. David Hockney artistshouldstuff You always need a bit of low-tech.You always need a pair of scissors, it seems to me. You can do better things.... The high-tech, somehow, you do have to combine it with low-tech things. David Hockney pairslowsneeds
