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As you get older, it gets a bit harder to keep the spontaneity in you, but I work at it.
David Hockney
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David Hockney
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: July 9
Collagist
Draftsperson
Drawer
Graphic Artist
Illustrator
Lithographer
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Bradford
Yorkshire
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