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

Quote by David Hockney

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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...

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...

There are enough no smoking places now.

There are enough no smoking places now.

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...

Anything simple always interests me.

Anything simple always interests me.

But the moment you use an ordinary camera, you are not seeing the picture, remember,...

But the moment you use an ordinary camera, you are not seeing the picture, remember,...

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...

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...

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 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...

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.

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,...

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

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

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...

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...

Anything simple always interests me.

Anything simple always interests me.

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.

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...

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.