Quotes by : David Hockney

Cubism was an attack on the perspective that had been known and used for 500 years. It was the first....

I had always planned to make a large painting of the early spring, when the first leaves are at the bottom....

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

A lot of people, given the chance, would blow up everything, and you and me.

Well you can't teach the poetry, but you can teach the craft.

What an artist is trying to do for people is bring them closer to something, because of course art is....

I draw flowers every day and send them to my friends so they get fresh blooms every morning.

Listening is a positive act: you have to put yourself out to do it.

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

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