It is very good advice to believe only what an artist does, rather than what he says about his work.

David Hockney

 

A Bigger Splash 1967

David Hockney, CH, RA, (born 9 July 1937) is an English painter, draughtsman, printmaker, stage designer and photographer, based in Yorkshire, United Kingdom, although he also maintains a base in London. An important contributor to the Pop art movement of the 1960s, he is considered one of the most influential British artists of the twentieth century. His older sister who lives in Yorkshire, Margaret Hockney, is also an artist of still-life photos.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hockney