Listening is a positive act: you have to put yourself out to do it. – David Hockney
I think my father would have liked to have been an artist, actually. But I think he didnt quite have perhaps the drive or, I dont know, I mean he had a family to bring up I suppose. – David Hockney
What an artist is trying to do for people is bring them closer to something, because of course art is about sharing. You wouldnt be an artist unless you wanted to share an experience, a thought. – 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 dont look like that! – David Hockney