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When you are older, you realise that everything else is just nothing compared to painting and drawing.

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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Drawing
Older
Painting
Else
Everything
Nothing
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