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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
Illustrator
Lithographer
Painter
Photographer
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Bradford
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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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The high-definition picture is still a perspective picture. That's the real problem, the perspective picture.
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There would be no bohemia without smoking.
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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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People from the village come up and tease me: 'We hear you've started drawing on your telephone.' And I tell them, 'Well, no, actually, it's just that occasionally I speak on my sketch pad,'
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I do believe that painting can change the world.
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I think probably something big can be done with cameras, I'm not saying, er, I'm saying chemical photography's finished, that means you can't have a Cartier Bresson again, you need never believe pictures.
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There's a Chinese proverb that says it all: Painting is an old man's art.
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I have never really done any teaching and maybe I should have done. I am not power-mad enough.
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If you see the world as beautiful, thrilling and mysterious, as I think I do, then you feel quite alive.
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A lot of people, given the chance, would blow up everything, and you and me.
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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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No matter what the illusion created, it is a flat canvas and it has to be organized into shapes.
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Time is the great mystery anyway. And it's still the great mystery in the moving picture as well.
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I'm a bit claustrophobic, I know that now.
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It's difficult to talk about colour, even remember colour actually.
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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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I've always been a looker. Loads of people say, I never saw that - but that's what artists do.
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I'm sure that the camera is part of European art.
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Enjoyment of the landscape is a thrill.
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