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

Quote by David Hockney

Topics: Cheating Quotes

We grow small trying to be great.

We grow small trying to be great.

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.

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...

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...

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.

There are enough no smoking places now.

There are enough no smoking places now.

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...

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,...

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...

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,...

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...

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, 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...

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...

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...

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.

Anything simple always interests me.

Anything simple always interests me.

Simplicity and repose are the qualities that measure the true value of any work of...

Simplicity and repose are the qualities that measure the true value of any work of...

I would not give a fig for the simplicity this side of complexity, but I...

I would not give a fig for the simplicity this side of complexity, but I...