David Hockney

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

The moment you cheat for the sake of beauty, you know you're an artist. ”

I was aware that the teaching of drawing was being stopped almost 30 years ago. And I always said, 'The teaching of drawing is the teaching of looking.' A lot of people don't look very hard. ”

I was 18 when I first visited London, I'm very provincial like that, but I must confess the moment I got to America I thought: This is the place. It was more open, with 24-hour cities and pubs and restaurants that didn't close. ”

In my old age, I'll be in L.A. ”

The moment rules over everything. ”

The moment I got a very big studio, everything took off. ”

On the iPhone I tended to draw with my thumb. Whereas the moment I got to the iPad, I found myself using every finger. ”

It's time to debate images, especially when someone's going to prison for downloading them. ”

I stay up nights and fiddle with my opera designs. It's a bit obsessive. That's why I can't do it all the time. ”