Born in 1937, English painter

David Hockney

“What an artist is trying to do for people is bring them closer to something, because of course art is about sharing. You wouldn't be an artist unless you wanted to share an experience, a thought.”

“Listening is a positive act: you have to put yourself out to do it.”

“I paint what I like, when I like and where I like.”

“To me, the world's rather beautiful if you look at it. Especially nature.”

“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

“Being able to draw means being able to put things in believable space. People who don't draw very well can't do that.”

“It is very good advice to believe only what an artist does, rather than what he says about his work.”