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Time is the great mystery anyway. And it's still the great mystery in the moving picture as well.

David Hockney

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David Hockney
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: July 9
Collagist
Draftsperson
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Lithographer
Painter
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Bradford
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If you see the world as beautiful, thrilling and mysterious, as I think I do, then you feel quite alive.
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My only worry is the painting I'm doing. Nothing else.
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When you're very young, you suddenly find this marvellous freedom. It's quite exciting, and you're prepared to do anything.
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