English - Artist | July 9, 1937 -
I'm a bit claustrophobic, I know that now.
David Hockney
KnowNowClaustrophobicBit
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.
TimeMeThinkPhotographyLongMean
I made a photograph of a garden in Kyoto, the Zen garden, which is a rectangle. But a photograph taken from any one point will not show, well it shows a rectangle, but not with ninety degree angles.
GardenWillDegreePointPhotograph
Most artists work all the time, they do actually, especially good artists, they work all the time, what else is there to do? I mean you do.
WorkGoodTimeYouMeanArtists
Always live in the ugliest house on the street - then you don't have to look at it.
LiveYouLookHouseStreetAlways
We live in an age where the artist is forgotten. He is a researcher. I see myself that way.
LiveAgeMyselfArtistWaySee
I haven't stopped painting or drawing - I've just added another medium.
PaintingDrawingJustMediumAnother
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.'
WorkMistakeSayingWishDoingLook
I'm a natural sceptic.
Natural
Who's going to ask a painter to see a diploma? They'd say, 'Can I see your paintings?', wouldn't they?
SayAskSeeI SeeGoingPainter
I was 18 when I first visited London, I'm very provincial like that, but I must confess the moment I got to America I thought: This is the place. It was more open, with 24-hour cities and pubs and restaurants that didn't close.
MomentThoughtAmericaPlaceLondon
I've always felt very English.
AlwaysEnglishFeltVery
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