David Hockney Quotes

United Kingdom, Painter
July 9, 1937

David Hockney, OM, CH, RA is an English painter, draftsman, 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.

Also known as Printmaker, Designer, Photographer

I don't value prizes of any sort.

David Hockney
- Value
In fact, most artists want to make things a bit more difficult for themselves as they go along, to challenge themselves.

David Hockney
- Challenge

There are enough no smoking places now.

David Hockney
- Smoking
I'm interested in all kinds of pictures, however they are made, with cameras, with paint brushes, with computers, with anything.

David Hockney
What I didn't know was I was deeply attracted to the big space.

David Hockney
- Space
Well, in Bradford I could say I was brought up in Bradford and Hollywood.

David Hockney
- Up
You can't name the inventor of the camera. The 19th-century invention was chemical: the fixative.

David Hockney
Who's going to ask a painter to see a diploma? They'd say, 'Can I see your paintings?', wouldn't they?

David Hockney

The photograph isn't good enough. It's not real enough.

David Hockney
- Good
- Real