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The moment you cheat for the sake of beauty, you know you're an artist.
David Hockney
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David Hockney
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: July 9
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Bradford
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Smoking calms me down. It's enjoyable. I don't want politicians deciding what is exciting in my life.
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West Yorkshire is quite dramatic and beautiful, the crags and things.
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I have always believed that art should be a deep pleasure. I think there is a contradiction in an art of total despair, because the very fact that the art is made seems to contradict despair.
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I believe that the very process of looking can make a thing beautiful.
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The pictures on the walls aren't like movies. They don't move, they don't talk, and they'll last longer. They will last longer.
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Being able to draw means being able to put things in believable space. People who don't draw very well can't do that.
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