Inspirational Quotes by David Hockney (British Artist)

David Hockney (b.1937) is a painter, draftsman, printmaker, photographer, and stage designer. He is best known for his fascination with light and a frank mundane realism derived from Pop art and photography.

Born in Bradford, Hockney studied at the Royal College of Art in London. Associated with the Pop Art movement, his early paintings juxtaposition artistic styles and fashions, with graffiti-like figures and words, as in We Two Boys Together Clinging (1961,) and a technique ranging from the extensive use of rich color to a pleasing delicacy of line.

A visit to America inspired Hockney’s series of etchings, The Rake’s Progress (1963,) based on his adventures in New York. While he was in California (1963–67,) he developed his celebrated ‘swimming-pool’ paintings, such as The Sunbather (1966.) His later work, often double portraits, is more representative, such as Mr. and Mrs. Clark and Percy (1970–71.) He also designed for several operas, including Mozart’s Magic Flute at Glyndebourne (1978.)

In 1982, rejecting a one-point perspective, Hockney began a series of photo-collages (Cameraworks,) composed of multiple separate shots. He has also experimented with computer technology and digital inkjet printings, as in ‘The Studio March 28th, 1995’ (1995.) He transmitted huge murals to exhibitions by fax.

Hockney’s books include Hockney by Hockney (1976,) Travels with Pen, Pencil, and Ink (1978,) Paper Pools (1980,) David Hockney Photographs (1982,) China Diary (1982,) and Hockney Paints the Stage (1983.) His autobiography is That’s The Way I See It (1993.)

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