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The high-definition picture is still a perspective picture. That's the real problem, the perspective 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
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Bradford
Yorkshire
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