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113 quotes by David Hockney

David Hockney, OM CH RA (born 9 July 1937) is an English painter, draughtsman, printmaker, stage designer and photographer. He lives in Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire, and Kensington, London. Hockney maintains two residences in California, where he lived on and off for over 30 years: one in Nichols Canyon, Los Angeles, and an office and archives on Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood. An important contributor to the Pop art...
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Listening is a positive act: you have to put yourself out to do it.

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Smoking calms me down. It's enjoyable. I don't want politicians deciding what is exciting in my life.

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The moment you cheat for the sake of beauty, you know you're an artist.

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Drawing makes you see things clearer, and clearer and clearer still, until your eyes ache.

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I'm a very early riser, and I don't like to miss that beautiful early morning light.

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The mind is the limit. As long as the mind can envision the fact that you can do something, you can do it, as long as you really believe 100 percent.

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What an artist is trying to do for people is bring them closer to something, because of course art is about sharing. You wouldn't be an artist... →

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Tobacco is America's greatest gift to the world!

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Enjoyment of the landscape is a thrill.

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Art has to move you and design does not, unless it's a good design for a bus.

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You must plan to be spontaneous.

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Cubism was an attack on the perspective that had been known and used for 500 years. It was the first big, big change. It confused people: they said... →

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Drawing is rather like playing chess: your mind races ahead of the moves that you eventually make.

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