David Hockney Quotes

I know my own heart to be entirely English.

We are Englishmen; that is one good fact.

I do consider myself as being French, I suppose.

I'll never forget where I'm from, never forget my roots. It doesn't matter where I live. I'm English, simple as that.

I've always felt very proud of Wales and being Welsh. People are a bit surprised when I say I'm Welsh. I was born in Wales, went to school in Wales and my mother was Welsh. I'm Welsh. It's my place of birth, my country.

Well, I'm Czech, but Polish, Czech, no matter, it's my name.

I'm three-quarters Russian, so I've always felt an outsider. But I don't think you can be in a play with John Of Gaunt's 'This sceptred isle' speech and not feel proud to be British.

I think of myself as being Jewish and Irish, despite the fact that I'm English.

Before doing 'Midnight's Children,' I didn't really have a chance to explore my Indian side. The Indian side of my heritage was always present, but it did not particularly define my identity. Being English was more an identity-defining status. I was born and brought up in London. Yes, my father is Parsi.

The homeland affects you directly: it affects your body; it affects the collective mind and the collective heart and the collective spirit.

I don't know whether it is fortunate or unfortunate, but I have no such thing as national pride. I don't feel proud that I am Iranian. I happen to be who I am.

It seems to me psychologically I'm a Canadian.

It's strange; when I was younger and people would ask, 'Where are you from?', I'd say, 'West Africa', which was odd because I'm obviously not African, but it was my home.

I see myself as British, and I want to be celebrated by Britain.

Let every man honor and love the land of his birth and the race from which he springs and keep their memory green. It is a pious and honorable duty .... If a man is going to be an American at all let him be so without any qualifying adjectives; and if he is going to be something else, let him drop the word American from his personal description.

I don't really want the kind of Englishness that I have represented.

It was very hard for me, for most of my life, to feel American, or call myself American, and that is a very complicated topic that would require a very long conversation.

I don't consider myself an Iranian comedian; I consider myself a comedian who happens to be of Iranian descent.

I'm more Filipino than I am German. I guess I shouldn't be ashamed to say that.

Every day I think about where I come from and I am still proud to be who I am: first, a Kabyle from La Castellane, then an Algerian from Marseille, and then a Frenchman.

I'm an Englishman. What more can I say?

I do feel very American. I think it's something I'm proud of and proud to be by chance born here. Honestly, that's something I think about.

I'm proud of who I am, and I'm proud I grew up in Puerto Rico.

I'm certainly proud to be Cuban American, and it's a fantastic opportunity for anybody - regardless of their ethnicity or nationality. It does carry a measure or pride to know where you're from and to know what your roots are.

I feel so Scottish when I go abroad, and I'm so proud of it, but for me, it's not a political statement - I just happen to be Scottish.