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
cameras difficult effects
How difficult it is to learn not to see like cameras, which has had such an effect on us. The camera sees everything at once. We don't.
smoking would-be habit
There would be no bohemia without smoking.
teaching should-have mad
I have never really done any teaching and maybe I should have done. I am not power-mad enough.
technology media drawing
I thought the iPhone was great, but this takes it to a new level - simply because it's eight times the size of the iPhone, as big as a reasonably-sized sketchbook... Anyone who likes drawing and mark-making will like to explore new media.
water colour wet
Water colours are wet colours in water.
artist stuff should
Any artist will tell you he's really only interested in the stuff he's doing now. He will, always. It's true, and it should be like that.
believe world changing-the-world
I do believe that painting can change the world.
drawing people village
People from the village come up and tease me: 'We hear you've started drawing on your telephone.' And I tell them, 'Well, no, actually, it's just that occasionally I speak on my sketch pad,'
art men chinese
There's a Chinese proverb that says it all: Painting is an old man's art.
education degrees certificates
No one has ever asked to see my degree certificate.
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.
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.
simple thinking ipads
Until I saw my drawings replayed on the iPad, I'd never seen myself draw. Someone watching me would be concentrating on the exact moment, but I'd always be thinking a little bit ahead. That's especially so in a drawing where you are limiting yourself, a line drawing for example. When you are doing them you are very tense, because you have to reduce everything to such simple terms.
habit paint
Paint something every day.