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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
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Draftsperson
Drawer
Graphic Artist
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Lithographer
Painter
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Printmaker
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Bradford
Yorkshire
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