"It is very good advice to believe only what an artist does, rather than what he says about his work." ― David Hockney Topic(s): Work Tags: advice More From David Hockney "I draw flowers every day and send them to my friends so they get fresh blooms every morning." "Anyway I feel myself a bit on the edge on the art world, but I don’t mind, I’m just pursuing my work in a very excited way. And there isn’t really a mainstream anymore, is there?" "Shadows sometimes people don’t see shadows. The Chinese of course never paint them in pictures, oriental art never deals with shadow. But I noticed these shadows and I knew it meant it was sunny." More In Work "All the real work is done in the rehearsal period."― Donald Pleasence "I like work; it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours."― Jerome K. Jerome "If it is surely the means to the highest end we know, can any work be humble or disgusting? Will it not rather be elevating as a ladder, the means by which we are translated?"― Henry David Thoreau