David Hockney
David Hockney
David Hockney, OM CH RAis an English painter, draughtsman, printmaker, stage designer and photographer. An important contributor to the Pop art movement of the 1960s, he is considered one of the most influential British artists of the 20th century...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPhotographer
Date of Birth9 July 1937
want rich thrilling
I want life thrilling and rich. And it is. I make sure it is.
style want use
Style is something you can use, and you can be like a magpie, just taking what you want.
artist challenges want
In fact, most artists want to make things a bit more difficult for themselves as they go along, to challenge themselves.
thinking want tick
You would think death was an optional extra nowadays. Nobody wants to tick that box.
want today directors
All film directors, even the ones using 3-D today, want you to look at what they chose.
marijuana smoking want
Smoking calms me down. It's enjoyable. I don't want politicians deciding what is exciting in my life.
want paint wanted
I was never that interested in movies. I was interested in them as a thing, but I didn't want to make movies. I always wanted to draw and paint.
creating drive health pubs suburban
Pubs aren't health clubs. To me, we're creating a suburban dreariness that would drive me mad.
becoming bit channels collage move sees television
Television is becoming a collage -- there are so many channels that you move through them making a collage yourself. In that sense, everyone sees something a bit different.
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Well, I was amazed, really. I mean, only because of the other company. I was quite amazed.
technology
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.
I've always wanted to be able to paint the dawn.
nature
To me, the world's rather beautiful if you look at it. Especially nature.
Ultimately, I'm about liberty and I think you have to defend it.