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David Hockney is a renowned British photographer, born on July 9, 1937. His works are known for their unique perspective and color application, which have had a profound impact on the development of photographic art.

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Famous David Hockney Quotes

“We need all kinds of artists. We have no need to destroy drawing. We lose so much. This wouldn't happen in music.”

Needs Kind Happens Artist Loses Drawing All Kinds

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“Loads of people, particularly artists, hate pretty pictures. Now I've never met anyone who didn't like a pretty face.”

People Faces Artist Hate Beauty Mets Load Pretty Face Pretty Picture

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“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.”

Should Artist Stuff Interest

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“Dawn is about luminosity and so is the iPhone... The little drawings of the dawn are done while I'm still in bed... If you're in my kind of business you'd be a fool to sleep through that... Artists can't work office hours, can they?”

Ifs Kind Littles Stills Done Light Artist Hours Sleep Fool Bed Office Drawing Dawn Iphone Office Hours

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“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.”

People World Sometimes Wanted Artist Difficult Decided Observation Visuals Facility Examining

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“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.”

I Can Able Artist Draws Paint

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“The moment you cheat for the sake of beauty, you know you're an artist.”

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“It is very good advice to believe only what an artist does, rather than what he says about his work.”

Believe Doe Artist Work Advice Very Good Fake People Good Advice

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“What 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 experience, a thought.”

People Trying Art Wanted Artist Courses Share Art Is

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“I've always been a looker. Loads of people say, "I never saw that" - but that's what artists do.”

People Artist Saws Load

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“There's no need to believe what an artist says. Believe what he does; that's what counts.”

Needs Believe Doe Artist

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“An artist might be attracted to hedonism, but of course an artist is not a hedonist. He's a worker, always.”

Might Artist Courses Workers Hedonism Hedonist

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“Every good artist I know, I always think works hard, we're working all the time.”

Thinking Knows Hard Artist Hard Work Very Good Good Art Good Artist Working All The Time

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“We live in an age where the artist is forgotten. He is a researcher. I see myself that way.”

Way Age Artist Forgotten Researchers

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“In fact, most artists want to make things a bit more difficult for themselves as they go along, to challenge themselves.”

Want Facts Artist Bits Difficult Challenges

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“Most artists work all the time, they do actually, especially good artists, they work all the time, what else is there to do? I mean you do.”

Mean Artist Good Art Good Artist

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“I have always believed that art should be a deep pleasure...ther e is always, everywhere, an enormous amount of suffering. But I believe my duty as an artist is to overcome and alleviate the sterility of despair...New ways of seeing mean new ways of feeling... I do believe that painting can change the world.”

World Way Should Believe Mean Art Feelings Artist Suffering I Believe Pleasure Seeing Painting Duty Amount Despair Overcoming Enormous Changing The World New Ways Always Believe Alleviate

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About the Author

Born: July 9, 1937
Known for: Photographer
Quotes: 227

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