OH, I LIKE smoking, I do. I smoke for my health, my mental health. Tobacco gives you little pauses, a rest from life. I don't suppose anyone smoking a pipe would have road rage, would they?
David HockneyIt's no good saying I wished I could go out more, because I can't. But I don't bother about it too much.
David HockneyWe all know a mirror reflects us, if you look in it. If you move, the reflection moves. If you project from a mirror, meaning it will project an image, it's nothing to do with you. The world seen by nobody.
David HockneyI've always said that the only thing a photograph is good at capturing faithfully is another flat surface.
David HockneyAll film directors, even the ones using 3-D today, want you to look at what they chose.
David HockneyOn the 31st of October 2011 year, I had a mini-stroke. I couldn't finish my sentences. So I went to the doctor. It was a tiny one. The speech came back in a month or so. I did notice I could draw even better, I felt. I was concentrating more. And I wasn't talking much, but I was drawing. I said, "Well, I don't have to talk much."
David Hockney