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If we are to change our world view, images have to change.
David Hockney
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David Hockney
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: July 9
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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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You would think death was an optional extra nowadays. Nobody wants to tick that box.
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The picture itself is a document. How do you mean? We're looking at a document. It gives you clues.
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If you are not playful you are not alive.
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Before he did all those lovely line drawings, Matisse would make really detailed charcoal drawings and tear them up. He wouldn't leave them about... I understand what he was doing: discovering what's there... to make the line meaningful, to find a linear solution.
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Any artist will tell you he's really only interested in the stuff he's doing now. He will, always. It's true, and it should be like that.
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I was 18 when I first visited London, I'm very provincial like that, but I must confess the moment I got to America I thought: This is the place. It was more open, with 24-hour cities and pubs and restaurants that didn't close.
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