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" East Yorkshire, to the uninitiated, just looks like a lot of little hills. But it does have these marvelous valleys that were caused by glaciers, not rivers. So it is unusual. "

David Hockney

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Valleys

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Well

Say

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Natural

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" I go and see anything that's visually new, any technology that's about picture-making. The technology won't make the pictures different, but someone using it will. "

" I avoid the public because the English public is too aggressive these days for me. "

David Hockney

Days

Because

" All film directors, even the ones using 3-D today, want you to look at what they chose. "

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" I paint what I like, when I like and where I like. "

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Where

Paint

" I've always wanted to be able to paint the dawn. "