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I'm really only interested in technology that is about pictures. I'm interested in anything that makes a picture.

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
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Technology
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Anything
Really
Pictures
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