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    David Hockney

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    My only worry is the painting I'm doing. Nothing else. ↗


    — David Hockney

    #else #i #nothing #only #painting

    Of course you can still paint landscape - it's not been worn out. ↗


    — David Hockney

    #course #landscape #out #paint #still

    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

    #every #finger #found #got #i

    People criticized me for my photography. They said it's not art. ↗


    — David Hockney

    #criticized #me #people #photography #said

    People tell me they open my e-mails first, because they aren't demands and you don't need to reply. They're simply for pleasure. ↗


    — David Hockney

    #demands #e-mails #first #me #need

    Photographs aren't accounts of scrutiny. The shutter is open for a fraction of a second. ↗


    — David Hockney

    #fraction #open #photographs #scrutiny #second

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


    — David Hockney

    #energy #got #haven #i #influencing

    Shadows sometimes people don't see shadows. The Chinese of course never paint them in pictures, oriental art never deals with shadow. But I noticed these shadows and I knew it meant it was sunny. ↗


    — David Hockney

    #chinese #course #deals #i #knew

    Smoking calms me down. It's enjoyable. I don't want politicians deciding what is exciting in my life. ↗


    — David Hockney

    #deciding #down #enjoyable #exciting #i

    Spring is very energising to me. ↗


    — David Hockney

    #spring #very






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    Nikos Stangos) (1979) Thames and Hudson London ISBN 0-500-27163-1
    Blue Guitar: Etchings by David Hockney Who Was Inspired by Wallace Stevens Who Was Inspired by Pablo Picasso (1977) Petersburg Press New York ISBN 0-902825-03-8
    Photographs (1982) Petersburg Press New York ISBN 0-902825-15-1
    Hockney's Photographs (1983) Arts Council of Great Britain London ISBN 0-7287-0382-3
    Martha's Vineyard and other places: My Third Sketchbook from the Summer of 1982 (with Nikos Stangos) (1985) Thames and Hudson London ISBN 0-500-23446-9
    David Hockney: Faces 1966–1984 (1987) Thames and Hudson London ISBN 0-500-27464-9
    Hockney's Alphabet (with Stephen Spender) (1991) Random House London ISBN 0-679-41066-X
    David Hockney: Some Very New Paintings (Intro by William Hardie) (1993) William Hardie Gallery Glasgow ISBN 1-872878-03-2
    Off the Wall: A Collection of David Hockney's Posters 1987–94 (with Brian Baggott) (1994) Pavilion Books ISBN 1-85793-421-0
    Hockney's Pictures (2006) Thames and Hudson London ISBN 0-500-28671-X
    David Hockney: Poster Art (1995) Chronicle Books ISBN 0-8118-0915-3
    That's the Way I See It (with Nikos Stangos) (1989) Thames and Hudson London ISBN 0-500-28085-1
    Secret Knowledge: Rediscovering the lost techniques of the Old Masters (2006) Thames and Hudson London ISBN 0-500-28638-8
    Hockney On Art: Conversations with Paul Joyce (2008) Little Brown and Company New York ISBN 1-4087-0157-X
    David Hockney's Dog Days (2011) Thames and Hudson London ISBN 0-500-28627-2
    A Yorkshire Sketchbook (2011) Royal Academy of Arts London ISBN 1-907533-23-0


    Further reading
    Travels with Pen Pencil and Ink (1980) Tate Gallery London ISBN 0-905005-58-9
    Weschler L. For the season 2012–2013 in the Vienna State Opera he designed on his iPad a large scale picture (176 sqm) as part of the exhibition series Safety Curtain conceived by museum in progress. Some pieces are landscapes such as Pearblossom Highway #2 others portraits such as Kasmin 1982 and My Mother Bolton Abbey 1982.

    He is based in Bridlington East Riding of Yorkshire and Kensington London. David Hockney OM CH RA (born 9 July 1937) is an English painter draughtsman printmaker stage designer and photographer.

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