I happen to like drawing. I draw all the time. Wasn’t it Degas who said, I’m just a man who likes to draw.’ That’s me, I’m just a man who likes to draw. I think an awful lot of people like to draw. I’m always meeting people who draw a bit crudely, and I point out that what’s needed is a bit of practice. You need things pointed out to you: how to see in a clearer way. You can teach the craft; the poetry, you can’t teach.

David Hockney

The poetry comes from what you can’t draw. The lines you can’t make. The lines you wobble with.

Certainly, do all you can to master the craft, but your style will emerge from those wobbles…

Gayford, Martin, and Hockney, David. Spring Cannot Be Cancelled: David Hockney in Normandy. United Kingdom, Thames & Hudson, 2021. pp83