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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.
David Hockney
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David Hockney
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: July 9
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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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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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