David Hockney

When you stop doing something, it doesn't mean you are rejecting the previous work. That's the mistake; it's not rejecting it, it's saying, 'I have exploited it enough now and I wish to take a look at another corner.' ”

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

Most artists work all the time, they do actually, especially good artists, they work all the time, what else is there to do? I mean you do. ”