David Hockney Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

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

“I'm fed up with being bossed around.”

“Laugh a lot. It clears the lungs.”

“I prefer living in color.”

“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.'”

“I had always planned to make a large painting of the early spring, when the first leaves are at the bottom of the trees, and they seem to float in space in a wonderful way. But the arrival of spring can't be done in one picture.”

“Anything simple always interests me.”

“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 unless you wanted to share an experience, a thought.”

“I actually think the deafness makes you see clearer. If you can't hear, you somehow see.”

“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.”