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Famous David Hockney Quotes
“Photography sees surfaces, it doesn't see space. We see space but the camera doesn't.”
“I've always been a looker. Loads of people say, "I never saw that" - but that's what artists do.”
“I feel 30. [Publo] Picasso said he always felt 30. Well, I do.”
“There's no need to believe what an artist says. Believe what he does; that's what counts.”
“You would think death was an optional extra nowadays. Nobody wants to tick that box.”
“The camera can't see space. It sees surfaces. People see space, which is much more interesting.”
“I believe that the very process of looking can make a thing beautiful.”
“Style is something you can use, and you can be like a magpie, just taking what you want.”
“It's difficult to talk about colour, even remember colour actually.”
“I've never been interested in, much in the politics of the art world, it doesn't interest me.”
“Every good artist I know, I always think works hard, we're working all the time.”
“The problem is, photographic dyes and printing inks aren't as good as paint, actually.”
“All painting, no matter what you are painting, is abstract in that it's got to be organized.”
“Faces are the most interesting things we see”