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On the iPhone I tended to draw with my thumb. Whereas the moment I got to the iPad, I found myself using every finger. (David Hockney)
I think the Enlightenment is leading us into a dark hole, really. View quote
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No theoretician, no writer on art, however interesting he or she might be, could be as interesting as Picasso. A good writer on art may give you an insight to Picasso, but, after all, Picasso was there first. View quote
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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. View quote
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The moment I got a very big studio, everything took off. View quote
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Tragedy is a literary concept. View quote
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West Yorkshire is quite dramatic and beautiful, the crags and things. View quote
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Who would have thought that the telephone would bring back drawing? View quote
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You can't name the inventor of the camera. The 19th-century invention was chemical: the fixative. View quote
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I'm not going to stop painting just to take orders. View quote
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I'm a bit claustrophobic, I don't like crowds, I live by the sea - that's what I see when I come out of my house in Bridlington. (David Hockney)
I'm very attracted to the great open spaces of the West. View quote
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All film directors, even the ones using 3-D today, want you to look at what they chose. View quote
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I avoid the public because the English public is too aggressive these days for me. View quote
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I don't value prizes of any sort. View quote
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I mean if you draw you like drawing, it's er, an activity you do all the time actually. View quote
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I see the iPad as a wonderful new drawing medium, but I am at a loss as to how to make it pay. View quote
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I went to art school actually when I was sixteen years old. View quote
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I was 18 when I first visited London, I'm very provincial like that, but I must confess the moment I got to America I thought: This is the place. It was more open, with 24-hour cities and pubs and restaurants that didn't close. View quote
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I think he imagined the Politburo would hold up his letter and say, "Hold everything, Kenneth Hockney has written again!" View quote
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He was a member of CND and a socialist with a rather romantic and naive idea of what Soviet Russia was like, all cornfields and ballet. (David Hockney)
I'm aware it's now a hostile city [New York City]. I feel I'm in school, actually. There are signs everywhere you don't get in any other city. When you see all the smokers outside a building in New York, I just think the building is full of bad-mannered people who haven't thought, "We'll give them a little room to smoke in." View quote
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Picasso is still influencing me. Of course, I haven't got that kind of energy, or skill. View quote
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People criticized me for my photography. They said it's not art. View quote
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I haven't stopped painting or drawing - I've just added another medium. View quote
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