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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

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