Well you can't teach the poetry, but you can teach the craft.
David Hockney
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You pick up loads of baggage with your first record with reaction to it from fans and critics. So I went to Ireland by myself for a couple of weeks with my guitar. I read lots of poetry, I read Patti Smith's autobiography and started words and phrases and then songs started to take shape.
More quotes by David Hockney
- We live in an age where the artist is forgotten. He is a researcher. I see myself that way.
- In my old age, I'll be in L.A.
- The moment you cheat for the sake of beauty, you know you're an artist.
- Art has to move you and design does not, unless it's a good design for a bus.
- What an artist is trying to do for people is bring them closer to something, because of course art is about sharing. You wouldn't be an artist unless you wanted to share an experience, a thought.