David HockneyThe moment I got a very big studio, everything took off. ✨ David Hockney: a life in art. Interview with Nicholas Wroe, www.theguardian.com. January 13, 2012.372LifeTime
David HockneyAs for the world of fashion and celebrity, I have the usual interest in the human comedy, but the problems of depiction absorb me more.372HumanityHumor
David HockneyI 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.362HumanityThought
David HockneyDrawing makes you see things clearer, and clearer and clearer still, until your eyes ache.351Sadness
David HockneyBut, I would always be thinking of how pictures are constructed and colour, how to use it, I mean you're using it for constructing, makes you think about it, the place did as well… ▶375Thought
David HockneyI'm interested in all kinds of pictures, however they are made, with cameras, with paint brushes, with computers, with anything.342Sadness
David HockneyAnything simple always interests me.353Philosophy
David HockneyWater 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, … ▶332Reflection
David HockneyLaugh a lot. It clears the lungs.366Humor
David HockneyThe moment you cheat for the sake of beauty, you know you're an artist.355Time
David HockneyI 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 th… ▶356Reflection
David HockneyWhen you stop doing something, it doesn't mean you are rejecting the previous work. That's the mistake; it's not rejecting it, it's saying, 'I have exploited it enough now and I w… ▶312Life
David HockneyI'm a very early riser, and I don't like to miss that beautiful early morning light.334Time
David HockneyIt's very British to go about to see something unusual and paint it. ✨ Sunlight, beaches and boys by Edmund White, www.theguardian.com. September 8, 2006.313Sadness
David HockneyI actually think the deafness makes you see clearer. If you can't hear, you somehow see.291Thought
David HockneyWhat an artist is trying to do for people is bring them closer to something, because of course art is about sharing. You wouldn't be an artist unless you wanted to share an experi… ▶357HumanityLifeThought
David HockneyPicasso is still influencing me. Of course, I haven't got that kind of energy, or skill.303Hope
David HockneyPhotographs aren't accounts of scrutiny. The shutter is open for a fraction of a second.325Thought
David HockneyI'm not really looking for theater work. But if somebody approaches me with enthusiasm, I might respond.314Reading
David HockneyEnjoyment of the landscape is a thrill.336Sadness
David HockneyTechnology brought in the mass media and technology is now taking it away.347Thought
David HockneyStyle 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,… ▶281Thought
David HockneyWe live in an age where the artist is forgotten. He is a researcher. I see myself that way. ✨ The Observer, June 09, 1991.314Humanity
David HockneyI think I am seeing more clearly now than ever. ✨ Interview with Charlie Scheips, www.harpersbazaar.com. Novemebr 21, 2011.347Thought
David HockneyI think I’m greedy, but I’m not greedy for money - I think that can be a burden - I’m greedy for an exciting life.303LifeThought
David HockneyTelevision is becoming a collage - there are so many channels that you move through them making a collage yourself. In that sense, everyone sees something a bit different. ✨… ▶326Truth
David HockneyYou must plan to be spontaneous.293Truth
David HockneyCalifornia is always in my mind.282Thought
David HockneyTeaching people to draw is teaching people to look ✨ Taking the fight to the dreary people. Interview with Jasper Gerard, The Sunday Times (London), October 2, 2005.293HumanityTime
David HockneyAll painting, no matter what you are painting, is abstract in that it's got to be organized. ✨ David Hockney (1977). David Hockney, Harry N Abrams Inc337Sadness
