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.
I went to art school actually when I was sixteen years old.
It's no good saying I wished I could go out more, because I can't. But I don't bother about it too much.
You can't name the inventor of the camera. The 19th-century invention was chemical: the fixative.
Who's going to ask a painter to see a diploma? They'd say, 'Can I see your paintings?', wouldn't they?
What I didn't know was I was deeply attracted to the big space.
In fact, most artists want to make things a bit more difficult for themselves as they go along, to challenge themselves.
The photograph isn't good enough. It's not real enough.
I think cubism has not fully been developed. It is treated like a style, pigeonholed and that's it.
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