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Laugh a lot. It clears the lungs.
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
Laughing
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Lungs
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I mean if you draw you like drawing, it's er, an activity you do all the time actually.
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If you like music you like silence actually.
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