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Every good artist I know, I always think works hard, we're working all the time.
David Hockney
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David Hockney
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: July 9
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Draftsperson
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Lithographer
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Bradford
Yorkshire
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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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I've never been interested in, much in the politics of the art world, it doesn't interest me.
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I'm fed up with being bossed around.
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I can see that cinema seems to be finished. Everybody has a bigger screen at home. I'm assuming eventually you won't need a screen at all - these iPhones will just project.
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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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I'm very attracted to the great open spaces of the West.
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I'm not going to stop painting just to take orders.
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I'm really only interested in technology that is about pictures. I'm interested in anything that makes a picture.
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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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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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OH, I LIKE smoking, I do. I smoke for my health, my mental health. Tobacco gives you little pauses, a rest from life. I don't suppose anyone smoking a pipe would have road rage, would they?
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As you get older, it gets a bit harder to keep the spontaneity in you, but I work at it.
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