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

Quote by David Hockney

Topics: Art Quotes

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.

Anything simple always interests me.

Anything simple always interests me.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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

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

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.

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.

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...

Most are engaged in business the greater part of their lives, because the soul abhors...

Most are engaged in business the greater part of their lives, because the soul abhors...

Mother can't you see I've got to live my life the way I feel is...

Mother can't you see I've got to live my life the way I feel is...

Before I can live with other folks I've got to live with myself. The one...

Before I can live with other folks I've got to live with myself. The one...