Quote by David Hockney
What an artist is trying to do for people is bring them closer to

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

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You had to be aware that I saw that photography was a mere episode in the history of the optical projection and when the chemicals ended, meaning the picture was fixed by chemicals, we were in a new era. – David Hockney

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Art has to move you and design does not, unless its a good design for a bus. – David Hockney

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I did this Super-8 film at art school called Tissues, this black comedy about a family whose father has been arrested for child molestation. I was absolutely thrilled by every inch of it, and would throw my projector in the back of my car and show it to anybody who would watch it. – Jane Campion

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Who would dare assign to art the sterile function of imitating nature? – Charles Baudelaire

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Artistry is an innate distrust of the theory of reality concocted by the five senses. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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For as long as I can remember I have suffered from a deep feeling of anxiety which I have tried to express in my art. – Edvard Munch

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