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It takes a long time to make it simple.
David Hockney
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David Hockney
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: July 9
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Being able to draw means being able to put things in believable space. People who don't draw very well can't do that.
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It sometimes takes a foreigner to come and see a place and paint it. I remember someone saying they had never really noticed the palm trees here until I painted them.
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Faces are the most interesting things we see other people fascinate me, and the most interesting aspect of other people - the point where we go inside them - is the face. It tells all.
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We don't all see the same way at all. Even if I'm sitting looking at you, there is always the memory of you as well. And a memory is now. So someone who's never met you before is seeing a different person. That's bound to be the case. We all see something different. I assume most people don't look very hard at anything.
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Picasso is still influencing me. Of course, I haven't got that kind of energy, or skill.
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No one has ever asked to see my degree certificate.
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Loads of people, particularly artists, hate pretty pictures. Now I've never met anyone who didn't like a pretty face.
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An artist might be attracted to hedonism, but of course an artist is not a hedonist. He's a worker, always.
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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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I'm a bit claustrophobic, I know that now.
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