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I was always interested in photography because it 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
Interested
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Always
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Photography

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I'm a bit claustrophobic, I know that now.
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I believe that the very process of looking can make a thing beautiful.
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It's all one to me: opera, painting, drawing, faxes.
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