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“Most people feel that the world looks like the photograph. I've always assumed that the photograph is nearly right, but that little bit by which it misses makes it miss by a mile. This is what I grope at.”
Martin Gayford“Only after seeing the winter, do you comprehend the richness of summer. This was a big theme, and one I could confidently do: the infinite variety of nature.”
Martin Gayford, A Bigger Message: Conversations with David Hockney“Would Turner have slept through such terrific drama? Absolutely not! Anyone in my business who slept through that would be a fool. I don't keep office hours.”
Martin Gayford, A Bigger Message: Conversations with David Hockney“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!'”
David Hockney“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“The moment you cheat for the sake of beauty, you know you're an artist.”
David Hockney“Art has to move you and design does not, unless it's a good design for a bus.”
David Hockney“Listening is a positive act: you have to put yourself out to do it.”
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