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Smoking calms me down. It's enjoyable. I don't want politicians deciding what is exciting in my life.
David Hockney
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David Hockney
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: July 9
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There's no need to believe what an artist says. Believe what he does that's what counts.
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...all along I've had an ambivalent relationship to photography - but as to whether I thought it an art form, or a craft, or a technique, well, I've always been taken with Henry Geldzahler's answer to that question when he said, I thought it was a hobby.
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The moment you cheat for the sake of beauty, you know you're an artist.
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My only worry is the painting I'm doing. Nothing else.
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It is very good advice to believe only what an artist does, rather than what he says about his work.
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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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