Famous Quotes

"I was always struck by how Picasso had no interest in music."

David Hockney on Music

More quotes about Music

• "One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain."

  Bob Marley on Music

• "If music be the food of love, play on."

  William Shakespeare on Music

• "Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything."

  Plato on Music

• "Without music, life would be a mistake."

  Friedrich Nietzsche on Music

• "I was born with music inside me. Music was one of my parts. Like my ribs, my kidneys, my liver, my heart. Like my blood. It was a force already within me when I arrived on the scene. It was a necessity for me-like food or water."

  Ray Charles on Music

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."