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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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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

Anything simple always interests me.

Anything simple always interests me.

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...

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...

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.

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

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

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...

We grow small trying to be great.

We grow small trying to be great.

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.

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...

Anything simple always interests me.

Anything simple always interests me.

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...

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...

There are enough no smoking places now.

There are enough no smoking places now.