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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
Drawer
Graphic Artist
Illustrator
Lithographer
Painter
Photographer
Printmaker
Scenographer
Sculptor
Bradford
Yorkshire
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All film directors, even the ones using 3-D today, want you to look at what they chose.
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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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I think I’m greedy, but I’m not greedy for money - I think that can be a burden - I’m greedy for an exciting life.
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It takes a long time to make it simple.
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I avoid the public because the English public is too aggressive these days for me.
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I have never really done any teaching and maybe I should have done. I am not power-mad enough.
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Once you start painting, you could of course get lost. I mean you get out of yourself, you don't know whether you're thinking, you just act actually sometimes.
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In the end nobody knows how it's done — how art is made. It can't be explained. Optical devices are just tools. Understanding a tool doesn't explain the magic of creation. Nothing can.
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Enjoyment of the landscape is a thrill.
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