#ss

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

— David Hockney

#country #large #press #small #very

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

— David Hockney

#chess #drawing #eventually #like #make

I actually think the deafness makes you see clearer. If you can't hear, you somehow see. ↗

— David Hockney

#clearer #deafness #hear #i #makes

I avoid the public because the English public is too aggressive these days for me. ↗

— David Hockney

#avoid #because #days #english #i

I can often tell when drawings are done from photographs, because you can tell what they miss out, what the camera misses out: usually weight and volume - there's a flatness to them. ↗

— David Hockney

#camera #done #drawings #i #i can

I see the iPad as a wonderful new drawing medium, but I am at a loss as to how to make it pay. ↗

— David Hockney

#drawing #how #i #i am #i see

I stay up nights and fiddle with my opera designs. It's a bit obsessive. That's why I can't do it all the time. ↗

— David Hockney

#designs #fiddle #i #nights #obsessive

I was always struck by how Picasso had no interest in music. ↗

— David Hockney

#had #how #i #interest #music

I'm a very early riser, and I don't like to miss that beautiful early morning light. ↗

— David Hockney

#early #early morning #i #light #like

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

— David Hockney

#energy #got #haven #i #influencing