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As for the world of fashion and celebrity, I have the usual interest in the human comedy, but the problems of depiction absorb me more. ↗

— David Hockney

#celebrity #comedy #depiction #fashion #human

Being able to draw means being able to put things in believable space. People who don't draw very well can't do that. ↗

— David Hockney

#being #believable #draw #means #people

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

— David Hockney

#country #large #press #small #very

But the moment you use an ordinary camera, you are not seeing the picture, remember, meaning, you had to remember what you've taken. Now you could see it of course, with a digital thing, but remember in 1982 you couldn't. ↗

— David Hockney

#could #course #digital #had #meaning

But, I would always be thinking of how pictures are constructed and colour, how to use it, I mean you're using it for constructing, makes you think about it, the place did as well. ↗

— David Hockney

#always #colour #constructed #constructing #did

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

Drawing is rather like playing chess: your mind races ahead of the moves that you eventually make. ↗

— David Hockney

#chess #drawing #eventually #like #make

Drawing makes you see things clearer, and clearer and clearer still, until your eyes ache. ↗

— David Hockney

#drawing #eyes #makes #see #still

Easel painting means small painting. ↗

— David Hockney

#painting #small

Enjoyment of the landscape is a thrill. ↗

— David Hockney

#landscape #thrill