“Until I saw my drawings replayed on the iPad, I'd never seen myself draw. Someone watching me would be concentrating on the exact moment, but I'd always be thinking a little bit ahead. That's especially so in a drawing where you are limiting yourself, a line drawing for example. When you are doing them you are very tense, because you have to reduce everything to such simple terms.” ThinkingLittlesMomentsWould BeBitsTermLinesSimpleSawsExampleLittle BitDrawsDrawingWhere You AreTenseConcentratingIpadsLimiting Yourself Author:David Hockney
“Once my hand has drawn something my eye has observed, I know it by heart, and I can draw it again without a model.” KnowsHeartI CanHandsEyeModelsDraws Author:David Hockney
“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?” ThinkingWellsLooksPeriodsDrawsMirrorsGrim Author:David Hockney
“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 CanAbleArtistDrawsPaint Book:Portrait of David Hockney Source: Portrait of David Hockney
“Being able to draw means being able to put things in believable space. People who don't draw very well can't do that.” PeopleWellsMeanAbleSpaceDrawsBelievable Author:David Hockney
“I draw flowers every day and send them to my friends so they get fresh blooms every morning.” MorningFlowerDrawsMy FriendsEvery Morning Author:David Hockney
“I mean if you draw you like drawing, it's er, an activity you do all the time actually.” IfsMeanActivityDrawsDrawing Author:David Hockney
“On the iPhone I tended to draw with my thumb. Whereas the moment I got to the iPad, I found myself using every finger.” MomentsFoundDrawsFingersThumbsIphoneIpads Author:David Hockney
“Everything does come from nature. That's where you get new ideas. Just draw the landscape. I felt doing it with a bit of burnt wood was also good because I was drawing burnt wood with a piece of wood. I wanted to do black and white. After using color, I thought black and white would be good. You can have color in black and white. There is color in them, actually.” DoeIdeasWould BeWantedFeltBitsBlackWhitePiecesColorDrawsWoodsBe GoodDrawingLandscapeBlack And WhiteNew Ideas Author:David Hockney
“I was never that interested in movies. I was interested in them as a thing, but I didn't want to make movies. I always wanted to draw and paint.” WantWantedDrawsPaint Author:David Hockney
“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."” YearsWellsSaidFeltTalkingMonthsSpeechDrawsDoctorsSentencesDrawingTinyStrokesOctoberConcentratingTalking Much Author:David Hockney
“The urge to draw must be quite deep within us, because children love to do it.” ChildrenDrawsUrgesDeep WithinChildren Love Author:David Hockney
