I have always believed that art should be a deep pleasure...ther e is always, everywhere, an enormous amount of suffering. But I believe my duty as an artist is to overcome and alleviate the sterility of despair...New ways of seeing mean new ways of feeling... I do believe that painting can change the world.
David HockneyThe picture itself is a document. How do you mean? We're looking at a document. It gives you clues.
David HockneyIt is very good advice to believe only what an artist does, rather than what he says about his work.
David Hockney