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

Quote by David Hockney

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And then I went round the corner and there's a Van Gogh portrait, and you...

And then I went round the corner and there's a Van Gogh portrait, and you...

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

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

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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.

There are enough no smoking places now.

There are enough no smoking places now.

But, I would always be thinking of how pictures are constructed and colour, how to...

But, I would always be thinking of how pictures are constructed and colour, how to...

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.

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...

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,...

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...

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,...

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...

Anything simple always interests me.

Anything simple always interests me.