"Before he did all those lovely line drawings, Matisse would make really detailed charcoal drawings and tear them up. …"

"What I always longed to do was to be able to paint like I can draw, most artists would tell you that, they would all …"

"I've started painting much more freely, and faster. I think it's working in the theatre that did it. You know what th…"

"In one gallery they actually had a notice which said "No Sketching." How obnoxious! I said, "How do you think these t…"

"Television is becoming a collage — there are so many channels that you move through them making a collage yourself. I…"

"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 …"

"We live in an age where the artist is forgotten. He is a researcher. I see myself that way."

"I usually only draw myself in down periods. I do, actually. I suppose that's why I often draw myself looking grim. I …"

"He [Hockney's father] hardly ever left Bradford. He was a member of CND and a socialist with a rather romantic and na…"

"When conventions are old, there's quite a good reason, it's not arbitrary. So Picasso discovered that, as it were, an…"