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Quotes by David Hockney

David Hockney

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

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

What I didnt know was I was deeply attracted to the big space.

I go and see anything thats visually new, any technology thats about picture-making. The technology wont make the pictures different, but someone using it will.

Well you cant teach the poetry, but you can teach the craft.

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, Things dont look like that!