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
ink problem printing
The problem is, photographic dyes and printing inks aren't as good as paint, actually.
loss ipads drawing
I see the iPad as a wonderful new drawing medium, but I am at a loss as to how to make it pay.
debate prison
It's time to debate images, especially when someone's going to prison for downloading them.
diploma painting painter
Who's going to ask a painter to see a diploma? They'd say, 'Can I see your paintings?', wouldn't they?
thinking deafness ifs
I actually think the deafness makes you see clearer. If you can't hear, you somehow see.
moving drawing race
Drawing is rather like playing chess: your mind races ahead of the moves that you eventually make.
marijuana smoking enough
There are enough no smoking places now.
marijuana smoking want
Smoking calms me down. It's enjoyable. I don't want politicians deciding what is exciting in my life.
photography art people
People criticized me for my photography. They said it's not art.
drawing painting mediums
I haven't stopped painting or drawing - I've just added another medium.
prize values
I don't value prizes of any sort.
talking listening save-me
I do do a lot of talking, because it saves me listening.
these-days aggressive
I avoid the public because the English public is too aggressive these days for me.
fashion world usual
As for the world of fashion and celebrity, I have the usual interest in the human comedy, but the problems of depiction absorb me more.