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Anything simple always interests me.
David Hockney
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David Hockney
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: July 9
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Draftsperson
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Graphic Artist
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Lithographer
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Bradford
Yorkshire
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Before he did all those lovely line drawings, Matisse would make really detailed charcoal drawings and tear them up. He wouldn't leave them about... I understand what he was doing: discovering what's there... to make the line meaningful, to find a linear solution.
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Water in swimming pools changes its look more than in any other form its colour can be man-made and its dancing rhythms reflect not only the sky but, because of its transparency, the depth of the water as well. If the water surface is almost still and there is a strong sun, then dancing lines with the colours of the spectrum appear everywhere.
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When you're very young, you suddenly find this marvellous freedom. It's quite exciting, and you're prepared to do anything.
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Of course you can still paint landscape - it's not been worn out.
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There would be no bohemia without smoking.
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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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If you are not playful you are not alive.
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Always live in the ugliest house on the street - then you don't have to look at it.
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I never work with music. I hate background music, always did. I only like music in the foreground, meaning, deliberately listen to it, actually.
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I'm fed up with being bossed around.
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