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OH, I LIKE smoking, I do. I smoke for my health, my mental health. Tobacco gives you little pauses, a rest from life. I don't suppose anyone smoking a pipe would have road rage, would they?
David Hockney
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David Hockney
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: July 9
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The vanishing point leads to the missiles of today, which can take us out of this world. It could be that the west's greatest mistakes were the 'invention' of the external vanishing point and the internal combustion engine.
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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 was 18 when I first visited London, I'm very provincial like that, but I must confess the moment I got to America I thought: This is the place. It was more open, with 24-hour cities and pubs and restaurants that didn't close.
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West Yorkshire is quite dramatic and beautiful, the crags and things.
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What I didn't know was I was deeply attracted to the big space.
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The moment you can learn to deal with homosexuality in art, it's quite an exciting moment, just as in a sense when people 'come out' it's quite an exciting moment. It means they become aware of their desires, and can deal with them in a remarkably honest way.
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The moment you cheat for the sake of beauty, you know you're an artist.
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Once you start painting, you could of course get lost. I mean you get out of yourself, you don't know whether you're thinking, you just act actually sometimes.
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All art is contemporary, if it's alive, and if it's not alive, what's the point of it?
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Painting and drawing has been here for 35,000 years.
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An artist might be attracted to hedonism, but of course an artist is not a hedonist. He's a worker, always.
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There's no need to believe what an artist says. Believe what he does that's what counts.
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