#ai

Britain is a very small country with a very large press. ↗

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 don't look like that!' ↗

— David Hockney

#been #big #big change #change #confused

Easel painting means small painting. ↗

— David Hockney

#painting #small

I generally only paint people I know, I'm not a flatterer really. ↗

— David Hockney

#generally #i #know #only #paint

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

#almost #always #aware #being #drawing

I'm interested in all kinds of pictures, however they are made, with cameras, with paint brushes, with computers, with anything. ↗

— David Hockney

#brushes #cameras #computers #however #i

It's very British to go about to see something unusual and paint it. ↗

— David Hockney

#british #go #paint #see #something

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. ↗