David Hockney Quote

It sometimes takes a foreigner to come and see a place and paint it. I remember someone saying they had never really noticed the palm trees here until I painted them.


Interview with Nigel Farndale, "The talented Mr. Hockney," The Telegraph, (15 November 2001)


It sometimes takes a foreigner to come and see a place and paint it. I remember someone saying they had never really noticed the palm trees here...

It sometimes takes a foreigner to come and see a place and paint it. I remember someone saying they had never really noticed the palm trees here...

It sometimes takes a foreigner to come and see a place and paint it. I remember someone saying they had never really noticed the palm trees here...

It sometimes takes a foreigner to come and see a place and paint it. I remember someone saying they had never really noticed the palm trees here...