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
beautiful west yorkshire
West Yorkshire is quite dramatic and beautiful, the crags and things.
rivers east valleys
East Yorkshire, to the uninitiated, just looks like a lot of little hills. But it does have these marvelous valleys that were caused by glaciers, not rivers. So it is unusual.
thinking want tick
You would think death was an optional extra nowadays. Nobody wants to tick that box.
art future gone
Future art that is based on appearances won't look like the art that's gone before. Even revivals of a period are not the same.
habit paint
Paint something every day.
shapes matter canvas
No matter what the illusion created, it is a flat canvas and it has to be organized into shapes...
views individuality world
I'm coming 'round to the view that there's only a personal view of the world.
smoking would-be habit
There would be no bohemia without smoking.
alive ifs
If you are not playful you are not alive.
simple long long-time
It takes a long time to make it simple.
freedom young exciting
When you're very young, you suddenly find this marvellous freedom. It's quite exciting, and you're prepared to do anything.