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

~David Hockney

Topics: Always House Live Look Street Then Ugliest You

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It is very good advice to believe only what an artist does, rather than what he says about his work.

~David Hockney

Topics: About Advice Artist Believe Does Good Good Advice He His Only Rather Says Than Very Work

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We live in an age where the artist is forgotten. He is a researcher. I see myself that way.

~David Hockney

Topics: Age Artist Forgotten He Live Myself Researcher See Way Where I See

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I was aware that the teaching of drawing was being stopped almost 30 years ago. And I always said, 'The teaching of drawing is the teaching of looking.' A lot of people don't look very hard.

~David Hockney

Topics: Almost Always Aware Being Drawing Hard Look Looking Lot People Said Stopped Teaching Very Years Years Ago

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I haven't stopped painting or drawing - I've just added another medium.

~David Hockney

Topics: Added Another Drawing Just Medium Painting Stopped

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

~David Hockney

Topics: Along Artists Bit Challenge Difficult Fact Go In Fact Make More Most Themselves Things Want

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

~David Hockney

Topics: Course Energy Got Influencing Kind Me Picasso Skill Still

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I'm a natural sceptic.

~David Hockney

Topics: Natural

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Who's going to ask a painter to see a diploma? They'd say, 'Can I see your paintings?', wouldn't they?

~David Hockney

Topics: Ask Diploma Going Painter Paintings Say See Your I See

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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.

~David Hockney

Topics: America Cities Close Confess First Got Like London Moment More Must Open Place Provincial Pubs Restaurants Thought Very Visited

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Artist

Born: July 9th, 1937

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