David Hockney Quotes

I'm a believer that you shouldn't really talk about the drawing until you're done with the drawing.

I need complete silence when I write.

I'm a songwriter. I need silence to hear the melodies, so I don't fill the days with a lot of sound.

If I have a show at night, I like to spend the whole day alone in silence. I know that might be crazy.

Writers are often alone when they work. Hours pass in silence as one long moment; light fades as day turns back to face the coming night.

I listen to music constantly while writing.

I am in total silence when I write - I don't even like the sound of the dryer going - I like the quiet.

Attention is the material I work with.

Silence is the element in which great things fashion themselves together.

I try to stay focused on my creativity.

I can write best in the silence and solitude of the night, when everyone has retired.

Reading takes solitude and it takes focus.

Night time really is the best time to work. All the ideas are there to be yours because everyone is asleep.

I write best late at night, when everyone in the house has gone to bed. There's something magical about that late night silence that appeals to me.

When I write I find a quiet place.

Any artist that's involved in their work is inevitably going to have a focus in what they do.

I sketch literally all the time; constructing a collection is like building a family - you have to have a certain balance. I isolate myself - I need to be concentrated for this so I leave Paris, I leave to a place without a phone.

I don't know about other writers, but for myself, to write I must be relatively quiet - it's very difficult to write with the telephone and the doorbell ringing and conversation going on; I'm not that good a writer to write through all that!

I can concentrate on my art.

I don't listen to music when designing. We create in silence. I go through a torturous process because everything has to be precise and right.

Decide where and when you want to write. I like space, and silence is an inspiration to me.

I'm looking for an intensity of focus. It's a bit like tuning a guitar string. You tighten and tighten, and nothing really changes until you hit that tension, and suddenly it's there: you've got a note.

I start any work the same way. I start a rehearsal with silence.

I don’t want people chitting and chatting. Once the game starts, we watch football.

I'm not one of those who can listen to music and write. I need the door closed. Windows shut. Facing the wall. No birds tweeting, views of nature, and so forth.