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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
Picture
Interested
Technology
Makes
Anything
Really
Pictures

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I believe that the very process of looking can make a thing beautiful.
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I'm not going to stop painting just to take orders.
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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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