I'm a very early riser, and I don't like to miss that beautiful early morning light.

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• David Hockney:

  It's very British to go about to see something unusual and paint it.

• David Hockney:

  I'm always excited by the unlikely, never by ordinary things.

• David Hockney:

  I can often tell when drawings are done from photographs, because you can tell what they miss out,

• David Hockney:

  The photograph isn't good enough. It's not real enough.

• David Hockney:

  I'm interested in all kinds of pictures, however they are made, with cameras, with paint brushes, w

• David Hockney:

  All painters are interested in photography to a certain extent.

• David Hockney:

  I actually think the deafness makes you see clearer. If you can't hear, you somehow see.

• David Hockney:

  I prefer living in color.

• David Hockney:

  I'm not antisocial. I like people.

• David Hockney:

  You can't name the inventor of the camera. The 19th-century invention was chemical: the fixative.