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" 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. "

David Hockney

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David Hockney

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Talking

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" Picasso is still influencing me. Of course, I haven't got that kind of energy, or skill. "

" But slowly I began to use cameras and then think about what it was that was going on. It took me a long time, I mean I actually played with cameras and photography for about 20 years. "

David Hockney

Photography

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" The photograph isn't good enough. It's not real enough. "

" Easel painting means small painting. "

" Who would have thought that the telephone would bring back drawing? "

" You must plan to be spontaneous. "

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

" It's time to debate images, especially when someone's going to prison for downloading them. "

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" Cubism was an attack on the perspective that had been known and used for 500 years. It was the first big, big change. It confused people: they said, 'Things don't look like that!' "

" I value my friends. "

David Hockney

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Friends

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

David Hockney

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Say

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

" I mean if you draw you like drawing, it's er, an activity you do all the time actually. "

" Photographs aren't accounts of scrutiny. The shutter is open for a fraction of a second. "