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I believe that the very process of looking can make a thing beautiful.
David Hockney
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David Hockney
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: July 9
Collagist
Draftsperson
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Graphic Artist
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Lithographer
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Bradford
Yorkshire
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It's no good saying I wished I could go out more, because I can't. But I don't bother about it too much.
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I avoid the public because the English public is too aggressive these days for me.
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I'm rather shocked by what I thought was simple mindedness actually. I thought they're not looking, they're not actually looking.
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