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
ordinary-things ordinary excited
I'm always excited by the unlikely, never by ordinary things.
sea house crowds
I'm a bit claustrophobic, I don't like crowds, I live by the sea - that's what I see when I come out of my house in Bridlington.
interest
I was always struck by how Picasso had no interest in music.
photography thinking long
I thought using three cameras was a lot better than one, because you could see where you were going, where you'd been, and all kinds of things - more like life. I think photography has colored our vision. We're now in an area where it might break something. I think this is a time. I feel it. I don't know whether I'll be here long enough to experience it. I've no plans to leave yet.
dark thinking enlightenment
I think the Enlightenment is leading us into a dark hole, really.
thinking style treated
I think cubism has not fully been developed. It is treated like a style, pigeonholed and that's it.
night design opera
I stay up nights and fiddle with my opera designs. It's a bit obsessive. That's why I can't do it all the time.
photography depiction representation
Because I'm interested in depiction, representation, therefore you're interested in photography. You don't ignore it.
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.
marijuana smoking want
Smoking calms me down. It's enjoyable. I don't want politicians deciding what is exciting in my life.
giving smoking littles
OH, I LIKE smoking, I do. I smoke for my health, my mental health. Tobacco gives you little pauses, a rest from life. I don't suppose anyone smoking a pipe would have road rage, would they?
beautiful eye norway
There's no-one up there in Northern Norway , food's terrible, but it's very, very beautiful to look at, if you've got eyes, and enjoy looking.
age old-age
In my old age, I'll be in L.A.
enthusiasm might theater
I'm not really looking for theater work. But if somebody approaches me with enthusiasm, I might respond.