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My only worry is the painting I'm doing. Nothing else.
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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Photographer
Printmaker
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Bradford
Yorkshire
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I can get excitement watching rain on a puddle. And then I paint it. Now, I admit, there are not too many people who would find that exciting. But I would. And I want life thrilling and rich. And it is. I make sure it is.
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West Yorkshire is quite dramatic and beautiful, the crags and things.
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If you like music you like silence actually.
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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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I had always planned to make a large painting of the early spring, when the first leaves are at the bottom of the trees, and they seem to float in space in a wonderful way. But the arrival of spring can't be done in one picture.
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Of course you can still paint landscape - it's not been worn out.
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California is always in my mind.
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Smoking calms me down. It's enjoyable. I don't want politicians deciding what is exciting in my life.
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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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Every good artist I know, I always think works hard, we're working all the time.
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Anything simple always interests me.
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A lot of people, given the chance, would blow up everything, and you and me.
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It takes a long time to make it simple.
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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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