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
art people chinese
Shadows sometimes people don't see shadows. The Chinese of course never paint them in pictures, oriental art never deals with shadow. But I noticed these shadows and I knew it meant it was sunny.
tragedy concepts
Tragedy is a literary concept.
america world greatest-gifts
Tobacco is America's greatest gift to the world!
mistake mean wish
When you stop doing something, it doesn't mean you are rejecting the previous work. That's the mistake; it's not rejecting it, it's saying, 'I have exploited it enough now and I wish to take a look at another corner.'
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.
art mind world
Anyway I feel myself a bit on the edge on the art world, but I don't mind, I'm just pursuing my work in a very excited way. And there isn't really a mainstream anymore, is there?
names cameras invention
You can't name the inventor of the camera. The 19th-century invention was chemical: the fixative.
art school years
I went to art school actually when I was sixteen years old.
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.
country britain small-countries
Britain is a very small country with a very large press.
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.
photography certain painter
All painters are interested in photography to a certain extent.