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

Quote by David Hockney

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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...

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...

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.

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,...

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...

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

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

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.

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

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

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...

We grow small trying to be great.

We grow small trying to be great.

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...

Anything simple always interests me.

Anything simple always interests me.

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...

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.

One of the great attractions of patriotism it fulfills our worst wishes. In the person...

One of the great attractions of patriotism it fulfills our worst wishes. In the person...

If you know how to cheat, start now.

If you know how to cheat, start now.

The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat one's self. All sin is...

The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat one's self. All sin is...