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I was aware that the teaching of drawing was being stopped almost 30 years ago. And I always said, 'The teaching of drawing is the teaching of looking.' A lot of people don't look very hard.

David Hockney

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David Hockney
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: July 9
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Draftsperson
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Bradford
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