Drawing is rather like playing chess: your mind races ahead of the moves that you eventually make.
David HockneyBeing able to draw means being able to put things in believable space. People who don't draw very well can't do that.
David HockneyThe history of photography needs clearing out. It needs something else now. Because photography always acknowledged there were cameras before photography.
David HockneyAs you get older, it gets a bit harder to keep the spontaneity in you, but I work at it.
David HockneyI think we're in a very exciting time - visually, I think we are. I've not got a crystal ball. I'm not saying I know what the future is at all. In some ways I'm getting quite pessimistic about the future, but in other ways I think it might get better. We are moving into very big changes.
David Hockney