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" Spring is very energising to me. "
David Hockney
Spring
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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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" In my old age, I'll be in L.A. "
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" Well you can't teach the poetry, but you can teach the craft. "
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" Listening is a positive act: you have to put yourself out to do it. "
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" A belief is like a guillotine, just as heavy, just as light. "
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" I grew up in austerity in the 1940s and 1950s. "
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" On the iPhone I tended to draw with my thumb. Whereas the moment I got to the iPad, I found myself using every finger. "
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" Anyway I feel myself a bit on the edge on the art world, but I don't mind, I'm just pursuing my work in a very excited way. And there isn't really a mainstream anymore, is there? "
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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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" 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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" I've always wanted to be able to paint the dawn. "
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" Anything simple always interests me. "
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" I had always planned to make a large painting of the early spring, when the first leaves are at the bottom of the trees, and they seem to float in space in a wonderful way. But the arrival of spring can't be done in one picture. "
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" My only worry is the painting I'm doing. Nothing else. "
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