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" But, I would always be thinking of how pictures are constructed and colour, how to use it, I mean you're using it for constructing, makes you think about it, the place did as well. "

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" I had always planned to make a large painting of the early spring, when the first leaves are at the bottom of the trees, and they seem to float in space in a wonderful way. But the arrival of spring can't be done in one picture. "

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" Smoking calms me down. It's enjoyable. I don't want politicians deciding what is exciting in my life. "

" Listening is a positive act: you have to put yourself out to do it. "

" What I didn't know was I was deeply attracted to the big space. "

" When you stop doing something, it doesn't mean you are rejecting the previous work. That's the mistake; it's not rejecting it, it's saying, 'I have exploited it enough now and I wish to take a look at another corner.' "

" Easel painting means small painting. "

" I'm a natural sceptic. "

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" I think the Enlightenment is leading us into a dark hole, really. "

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

" Always live in the ugliest house on the street - then you don't have to look at it. "

" I don't value prizes of any sort. "

" It's very British to go about to see something unusual and paint it. "

" I think Picasso was, without doubt, the greatest portraitist of the 20th century, if not any other century. "

" As for the world of fashion and celebrity, I have the usual interest in the human comedy, but the problems of depiction absorb me more. "

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" Ultimately, I'm about liberty and I think you have to defend it. "

" I've realized that I can do performances. "

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" I can often tell when drawings are done from photographs, because you can tell what they miss out, what the camera misses out: usually weight and volume - there's a flatness to them. "

" I draw flowers every day and send them to my friends so they get fresh blooms every morning. "

" Of course you can still paint landscape - it's not been worn out. "

" In fact, most artists want to make things a bit more difficult for themselves as they go along, to challenge themselves. "

" I value my friends. "

David Hockney

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" You had to be aware that I saw that photography was a mere episode in the history of the optical projection and when the chemicals ended, meaning the picture was fixed by chemicals, we were in a new era. "

" Tobacco is America's greatest gift to the world! "

" Yes, I did, I mean I painted er, in a kind of abstract expressionist way, because of course that was exciting. "

" 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 he says about his work. "

" I go and see anything that's visually new, any technology that's about picture-making. The technology won't make the pictures different, but someone using it will. "

" On the iPhone I tended to draw with my thumb. Whereas the moment I got to the iPad, I found myself using every finger. "

" Britain is a very small country with a very large press. "

" I'm fed up with being bossed around. "