Well, in Bradford I could say I was brought up in Bradford and Hollywood.

Quote by David Hockney

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

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

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 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...

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...

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,...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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,...

We grow small trying to be great.

We grow small trying to be great.

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...

Anything simple always interests me.

Anything simple always interests me.

Anything simple always interests me.

Anything simple always interests me.

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...

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...

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...

There are enough no smoking places now.

There are enough no smoking places now.