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Anything simple always interests me.
David Hockney
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David Hockney
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: July 9
Collagist
Draftsperson
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Graphic Artist
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Lithographer
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Bradford
Yorkshire
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Drawing makes you see things clearer, and clearer and clearer still, until your eyes ache.
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You would think death was an optional extra nowadays. Nobody wants to tick that box.
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I've never been interested in, much in the politics of the art world, it doesn't interest me.
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I'm really only interested in technology that is about pictures. I'm interested in anything that makes a picture.
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If you go too far with naturalism, there is no need to even organize just look... and paint what you see until the canvas ends.
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I was 18 when I first visited London, I'm very provincial like that, but I must confess the moment I got to America I thought: This is the place. It was more open, with 24-hour cities and pubs and restaurants that didn't close.
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Picasso is still influencing me. Of course, I haven't got that kind of energy, or skill.
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The moment you cheat for the sake of beauty, you know you're an artist.
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As you get older, it gets a bit harder to keep the spontaneity in you, but I work at it.
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I think we're in a very exciting time - visually, I think we are. I've not got a crystal ball. I'm not saying I know what the future is at all. In some ways I'm getting quite pessimistic about the future, but in other ways I think it might get better. We are moving into very big changes.
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