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David Hockney — Portrait after a picture by Connaissance des Arts (CC BY 3.0), via Wikimedia Commons.

The quotations of

David Hockney

Painter, printmaker, set designer, photographer

1937–2026

2 quotes, most often on Art.

If we are to change our world view, images have to change. The artist now has a very important job to do. He’s not a little peripheral figure entertaining rich people, he’s really needed.
Interview with Paul Joyce, New York, (September 1986) quoted in Hockney on Photography, ed. Wendy Brown (1988)
- Art
All art is contemporary, if it’s alive. And if it’s not alive, what’s the point of it?
Interview with Mark Feeney, “David Hockney keeps seeking new avenues of exploration” Boston Globe (26 February 2006)
- Art

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