Well you can't teach the poetry, but you can teach the craft.

Quote by David Hockney

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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...

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...

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,...

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,...

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

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

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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

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

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,...

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.

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

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

If you marry a man who cheats on his wife, you'll be married to a...

If you marry a man who cheats on his wife, you'll be married to a...

There is no excuse for cheating in a relationship.

There is no excuse for cheating in a relationship.