Anything simple always interests me.

Quote by David Hockney

Topics: Simplicity Quotes

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.

Well, in Bradford I could say I was brought up in Bradford and Hollywood.

Well, in Bradford I could say I was brought up in Bradford and Hollywood.

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...

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,...

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.

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

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

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...

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...

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.

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...

The mind is the limit. As long as the mind can envision the fact that...

The mind is the limit. As long as the mind can envision the fact that...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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,...

We grow small trying to be great.

We grow small trying to be great.