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I have never really done any teaching and maybe I should have done. I am not power-mad enough.

David Hockney

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David Hockney
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: July 9
Collagist
Draftsperson
Drawer
Graphic Artist
Illustrator
Lithographer
Painter
Photographer
Printmaker
Scenographer
Sculptor
Bradford
Yorkshire
Maybe
Power
Done
Enough
Really
Never
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Teaching

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