“Saturday Night Live was a show that I never thought I would be on, because I didn't do sketch comedy and I didn't do impressions. I was a stand-up.” ShowsWould BeNightComedyImpressionSaturdaySaturday NightSaturday Night LiveSketch Comedy Author:Kevin Nealon
“I enjoyed living in New York City, I liked the premise of the show [Saturday Night Live], I liked working with a different host every week and different musicians. I always thought, "This is great. I never expected to get this in the first place, so I'm just happy being here."” FirstsDifferentShowsNightCitiesWeekNew YorkMusicianExpectedEnjoyedNew York CityHostSaturdayPremisesSaturday NightSaturday Night Live Author:Kevin Nealon
“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'm really only interested in technology that is about pictures. I'm interested in anything that makes a picture.” Technology Author:David Hockney
“I was always interested in photography because it makes a picture.” Photography Author:David Hockney
“I'm convinced that technology and art go together - and always have, for centuries.” ArtTogetherTechnologyCenturyConvinced Author:David Hockney
“What the art historians had forgotten is that in Chinese, Japanese, Persian, and Indian art, they never painted shadows. Why did they paint shadows in European art? Shadows are because of optics. Optics need shadows and strong light. Strong light makes the deepest shadows. It took me a few years to realize fully that the art historians didn't grasp that. There are a lot of interesting new things, ideas, pictures.” NeedsYearsArtIdeasLightStrongRealizingInterestingShadowPaintForgottenChineseIndianHistorianNew ThingsPersianOptics Author:David Hockney
“The editing of moving pictures is geared toward the single image. You'd have to edit things in new ways.” WayMovingNew WaysEditingEdits Author:David Hockney
“I can see that cinema seems to be finished. Everybody has a bigger screen at home. I'm assuming eventually you won't need a screen at all - these iPhones will just project.” NeedsI CanHomeSeemsProjectsBiggerAssumingFinishedScreensCinemaIphone Author:David Hockney
“The high-definition picture is still a perspective picture. That's the real problem, the perspective picture.” StillsRealProblemPerspectiveDefinitionsReal ProblemsHigh Definition Author:David Hockney