A belief is like a guillotine, just as heavy, just as light.

Quote by David Hockney

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

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

But slowly I began to use cameras and then think about what it was that...

But slowly I began to use cameras and then think about what it was that...

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

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

We live in an age where the artist is forgotten. He is a researcher. I...

We live in an age where the artist is forgotten. He is a researcher. I...

Anything simple always interests me.

Anything simple always interests me.

Most artists work all the time, they do actually, especially good artists, they work all...

Most artists work all the time, they do actually, especially good artists, they work all...

Always live in the ugliest house on the street - then you don't have to...

Always live in the ugliest house on the street - then you don't have to...

It is very good advice to believe only what an artist does, rather than what...

It is very good advice to believe only what an artist does, rather than what...

There are enough no smoking places now.

There are enough no smoking places now.

I made a photograph of a garden in Kyoto, the Zen garden, which is a...

I made a photograph of a garden in Kyoto, the Zen garden, which is a...

I'm a bit claustrophobic, I know that now.

I'm a bit claustrophobic, I know that now.

Smoking calms me down. It's enjoyable. I don't want politicians deciding what is exciting in...

Smoking calms me down. It's enjoyable. I don't want politicians deciding what is exciting in...

You had to be aware that I saw that photography was a mere episode in...

You had to be aware that I saw that photography was a mere episode in...

I think Picasso was, without doubt, the greatest portraitist of the 20th century, if not...

I think Picasso was, without doubt, the greatest portraitist of the 20th century, if not...

Yes, I did, I mean I painted er, in a kind of abstract expressionist way,...

Yes, I did, I mean I painted er, in a kind of abstract expressionist way,...

Television is becoming a collage -- there are so many channels that you move through...

Television is becoming a collage -- there are so many channels that you move through...

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

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

Shadows sometimes people don't see shadows. The Chinese of course never paint them in pictures,...

Shadows sometimes people don't see shadows. The Chinese of course never paint them in pictures,...

We grow small trying to be great.

We grow small trying to be great.

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

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