David Hockney
David Hockney
David Hockney, OM CH RAis an English painter, draughtsman, printmaker, stage designer and photographer. An important contributor to the Pop art movement of the 1960s, he is considered one of the most influential British artists of the 20th century...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPhotographer
Date of Birth9 July 1937
mean giving clue
The picture itself is a document. How do you mean? We're looking at a document. It gives you clues.
night design opera
I stay up nights and fiddle with my opera designs. It's a bit obsessive. That's why I can't do it all the time.
order painting
I'm not going to stop painting just to take orders.
enthusiasm might theater
I'm not really looking for theater work. But if somebody approaches me with enthusiasm, I might respond.
real good-enough enough
The photograph isn't good enough. It's not real enough.
moving mystery wells
Time is the great mystery anyway. And it's still the great mystery in the moving picture as well.
moments bigs studios
The moment I got a very big studio, everything took off.
skills energy kind
Picasso is still influencing me. Of course, I haven't got that kind of energy, or skill.
photograph fractions scrutiny
Photographs aren't accounts of scrutiny. The shutter is open for a fraction of a second.
people needs demand
People tell me they open my e-mails first, because they aren't demands and you don't need to reply. They're simply for pleasure.
ipads iphone thumbs
On the iPhone I tended to draw with my thumb. Whereas the moment I got to the iPad, I found myself using every finger.
too-much because-i-can bother
It's no good saying I wished I could go out more, because I can't. But I don't bother about it too much.
performances i-can can-do
I've realized that I can do performances.
ink problem printing
The problem is, photographic dyes and printing inks aren't as good as paint, actually.