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In my old age, I'll be in L.A.

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
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I made a photograph of a garden in Kyoto, the Zen garden, which is a rectangle. But a photograph taken from any one point will not show, well it shows a rectangle, but not with ninety degree angles.
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I'm a bit claustrophobic, I know that now.
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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.
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I avoid the public because the English public is too aggressive these days for me.
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