I actually think the deafness makes you see clearer. If you can’t hear, you somehow see. – David Hockney
You can’t name the inventor of the camera. The 19th-century invention was chemical: the fixative. – David Hockney
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
I think my father would have liked to have been an artist, actually. But I think he didn’t quite have perhaps the drive or, I don’t know, I mean he had a family to bring up I suppose. – David Hockney
Drawing is rather like playing chess: your mind races ahead of the moves that you eventually make. – David Hockney
It’s time to debate images, especially when someone’s going to prison for downloading them. – David Hockney
I think cubism has not fully been developed. It is treated like a style, pigeonholed and that’s it. – David Hockney
I’m interested in all kinds of pictures, however they are made, with cameras, with paint brushes, with computers, with anything. – David Hockney
On the iPhone I tended to draw with my thumb. Whereas the moment I got to the iPad, I found myself using every finger. – David Hockney
Anyway I feel myself a bit on the edge on the art world, but I don’t mind, I’m just pursuing my work in a very excited way. And there isn’t really a mainstream anymore, is there? – David Hockney
Picasso is still influencing me. Of course, I haven’t got that kind of energy, or skill. – David Hockney
Smoking calms me down. It’s enjoyable. I don’t want politicians deciding what is exciting in my life. – David Hockney