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It's no good saying I wished I could go out more, because I can't. But I don't bother about it too much.
David Hockney
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David Hockney
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: July 9
Collagist
Draftsperson
Drawer
Graphic Artist
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Lithographer
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Bradford
Yorkshire
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What I always longed to do was to be able to paint like I can draw, most artists would tell you that, they would all like to paint like they can draw.
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I think we're in a very exciting time - visually, I think we are. I've not got a crystal ball. I'm not saying I know what the future is at all. In some ways I'm getting quite pessimistic about the future, but in other ways I think it might get better. We are moving into very big changes.
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The editing of moving pictures is geared toward the single image. You'd have to edit things in new ways.
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West Yorkshire is quite dramatic and beautiful, the crags and things.
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California is always in my mind.
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I'm very attracted to the great open spaces of the West.
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I've never been interested in, much in the politics of the art world, it doesn't interest me.
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Laugh a lot. It clears the lungs.
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All film directors, even the ones using 3-D today, want you to look at what they chose.
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