“The video camera dominates art. It's a bore, it makes everything look a bit the same. If you look at things with a pencil and paper in your hand, you are going to see far more.” IfsLooksArtHandsBitsPaperPhotographyCamerasVideoBoresPencilsVideo Cameras Author:David Hockney
“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.” WayHas BeensMomentsLeftCameras Author:David Hockney
“How difficult it is to learn not to see like cameras, which has had such an effect on us. The camera sees everything at once. We don't.” DifficultEffectsCameras Author:David Hockney
“I'm interested in all kinds of pictures, however they are made, with cameras, with paint brushes, with computers, with anything.” KindMadeComputerCamerasPaintAll KindsBrushesPaint Brushes Author:David Hockney
“You can't name the inventor of the camera. The 19th-century invention was chemical: the fixative.” NamesCenturyCamerasInventionChemicalsInventor19th Century Author:David Hockney
“But slowly I began to use cameras and then think about what it was that was going on. It took me a long time, I mean I actually played with cameras and photography for about 20 years.” ThinkingYearsMeanLongUsePhotographyLong TimeCamerasCamera And Photography Author:David Hockney
“But the moment you use an ordinary camera, you are not seeing the picture, remember, meaning, you had to remember what you've taken. Now you could see it of course, with a digital thing, but remember in 1982 you couldn't.” MomentsUseRememberCoursesTakenSeeingOrdinaryCamerasDigital Author:David Hockney
“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.” I CanDoneMissingWeightCamerasPhotographDrawingVolumeFlatness Author:David Hockney
“The cameras are getting smaller, they're getting more versatile, and eventually, I'm sure you'll have a camera with lots and lots of things on it so you can alter the picture. You could alter perspective.” PerspectiveCamerasVersatile Author:David Hockney
“Photography sees surfaces, it doesn't see space. We see space but the camera doesn't.” SpacePhotographyCamerasSurface Author:David Hockney
“About shadows: do we see shadows? Loads of people don't. A camera will notice a shadow, but how many people have got a shadow in front of them when they take a picture and don't notice it, and then they see it in the photograph because the photograph will catch the shadow.” PeopleFrontsShadowCamerasPhotographLoad Author:David Hockney
“The history of photography needs clearing out. It needs something else now. Because photography always acknowledged there were cameras before photography.” NeedsPhotographyCamerasClearingHistory Of PhotographyClearing Out Author:David Hockney
“I thought using three cameras was a lot better than one, because you could see where you were going, where you'd been, and all kinds of things - more like life. I think photography has colored our vision. We're now in an area where it might break something. I think this is a time. I feel it. I don't know whether I'll be here long enough to experience it. I've no plans to leave yet.” ThinkingKnowsFeelsKindLongEnoughMightThreeVisionBreakPlansPhotographyAreasCamerasAll Kinds Author:David Hockney
“The camera can't see space. It sees surfaces. People see space, which is much more interesting.” PeopleSpaceInterestingCamerasSurface Author:David Hockney
“Great claims are being made for the photograph as truth. We are showing you things, we show you the war. I say you can't actually. The camera can't.” MadeWarShowsClaimsCamerasPhotograph Author:David Hockney
“I think probably something big can be done with cameras, I'm not saying, er, I'm saying chemical photography's finished, that means you can't have a Cartier Bresson again, you need never believe pictures.” ThinkingNeedsBelieveMeanDoneBigsPhotographyCamerasFinishedChemicalsCartier Author:David Hockney
