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Anyway I feel myself a bit on the edge on the art world, but I don't mind, I'm just pursuing my work in a very excited way. And there isn't really a mainstream anymore, is there?
David Hockney
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David Hockney
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: July 9
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West Yorkshire is quite dramatic and beautiful, the crags and things.
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When you're very young, you suddenly find this marvellous freedom. It's quite exciting, and you're prepared to do anything.
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The cameras are getting smaller, they're getting more versatile, and eventually, I'm sure you'll have a camera with lots and lots of things on it so you can alter the picture. You could alter perspective.
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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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I'm not going to stop painting just to take orders.
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