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" I see the iPad as a wonderful new drawing medium, but I am at a loss as to how to make it pay. "
David Hockney
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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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" 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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" I'm a very early riser, and I don't like to miss that beautiful early morning light. "
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" Anything simple always interests me. "
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" It is very good advice to believe only what an artist does, rather than what he says about his work. "
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" Most artists work all the time, they do actually, especially good artists, they work all the time, what else is there to do? I mean you do. "
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" Tobacco is America's greatest gift to the world! "
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" What an artist is trying to do for people is bring them closer to something, because of course art is about sharing. You wouldn't be an artist unless you wanted to share an experience, a thought. "
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" You must plan to be spontaneous. "
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" We live in an age where the artist is forgotten. He is a researcher. I see myself that way. "
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" People tell me they open my e-mails first, because they aren't demands and you don't need to reply. They're simply for pleasure. "
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" Listening is a positive act: you have to put yourself out to do it. "
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" All painters are interested in photography to a certain extent. "
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" I avoid the public because the English public is too aggressive these days for me. "
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Me
Because
" I'm interested in all kinds of pictures, however they are made, with cameras, with paint brushes, with computers, with anything. "
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" The photograph isn't good enough. It's not real enough. "
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" My only worry is the painting I'm doing. Nothing else. "
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Worry
Nothing
" Art has to move you and design does not, unless it's a good design for a bus. "
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Art
" I think the Enlightenment is leading us into a dark hole, really. "
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Hole
Dark
" I've always wanted to be able to paint the dawn. "
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Wanted
Always
" I'm not really looking for theater work. But if somebody approaches me with enthusiasm, I might respond. "
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" I've always felt very English. "
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Felt
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" In my old age, I'll be in L.A. "
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" Enjoyment of the landscape is a thrill. "
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" West Yorkshire is quite dramatic and beautiful, the crags and things. "
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Dramatic
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" You had to be aware that I saw that photography was a mere episode in the history of the optical projection and when the chemicals ended, meaning the picture was fixed by chemicals, we were in a new era. "
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" I'm not antisocial. I like people. "
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" Drawing is rather like playing chess: your mind races ahead of the moves that you eventually make. "
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" People criticized me for my photography. They said it's not art. "
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