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
artist might hedonism
An artist might be attracted to hedonism, but of course an artist is not a hedonist. He's a worker, always.
landscape paint worn
Of course you can still paint landscape - it's not been worn out.
drawing silence noise
I never talk when I'm drawing a person, especially if I'm making line drawings. I prefer there to be no noise at all so I can concentrate more.
blow people chance
A lot of people, given the chance, would blow up everything, and you and me.
distance humanity together
I am constantly preoccupied with how to remove distance so that we can all come closer together, so that we can all begin to sense we are the same, we are one.
landscape thrill enjoyment
Enjoyment of the landscape is a thrill.
simple simplicity interest
Anything simple always interests me.
mean giving clue
The picture itself is a document. How do you mean? We're looking at a document. It gives you clues.
views mind world
It's all right if you don't mind looking at the world from the point of view of a paralyzed Cyclops—for a split second.
rain people puddles
I can get excitement watching rain on a puddle. And then I paint it. Now, I admit, there are not too many people who would find that exciting. But I would. And I want life thrilling and rich. And it is. I make sure it is.
artist age way
We live in an age where the artist is forgotten. He is a researcher. I see myself that way
hate backgrounds background-music
I never work with music. I hate background music, always did. I only like music in the foreground, meaning, deliberately listen to it, actually.
photography mean thinking
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.
moving becoming different
Television is becoming a collage - there are so many channels that you move through them making a collage yourself. In that sense, everyone sees something a bit different.