David Hockney Quotes
I think cubism has not fully been developed. It is treated like a style, pigeonholed and that's it.
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I did not work hard in order to achieve more and to remain at the level of the player that I am and that I can be.
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You have to wait six months to purchase a fuel efficient automobile made from overseas.
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It is easy to remove the mind from harping on the lost illusion of immortality. The disciplined intellect fears nothing and craves no sugar-plum at the day's end, but is content to accept life and serve society as best it may.
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This was just one of many times God has spared me.
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My life is proof that I don't need you to do what I do. If there's no one to see it, I'll watch it.
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There's nothing unnatural in creation.
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Leaving the old, both worlds at once they view, That stand upon the threshold of the new.
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I grew up in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, and reading was a big part of my life - I'd get through several books a week.
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No god ever gave any man anything, nor ever answered any prayer at any time - nor ever will.
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I like strong female characters. I try to write them as role models for young girls.
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I am not a person to be pressured - by anybody or any nation.
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Living in New York, for me at least, just keeps it very real and keeps my feet firmly planted on the ground.
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I never try to follow a trend or fashion.
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The three great problems of this century; the degradation of man in the proletariat, the subjection of women through hunger, the atrophy of the child by darkness.
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None are more taken in by flattery than the proud, who wish to be the first and are not.
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The most romantic thing someone did was surprise me at the airport, after being away for 3 months in Los Angeles. You always see people with signs, and you're like, 'Isn't that lovely?' and then you see your own name on one - that isn't a taxi driver's! I was very impressed.
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I think there's nothing more amazing than helping people every day.
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I've got four kids - I unblock a toilet every day.
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January 30th will be a historic day for the Middle East and the world. The Iraqi people will take the next step toward a free and democratic society as they place their votes for a transitional Iraqi government.
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Management Providence , knowledge, and intention are not the same when ascribed to us and when ascribed to God.
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I will have a playlist ready that I'll play out to the audience before I walk on stage, and I'll listen to that same playlist in the room, so by the time I walk on stage, I'm in the same frame of mind the audience is.
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If you take anything I say with any seriousness whatsoever, go study Yang style tai chi. It will make you live longer.
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You cannot spend money in luxury without doing good to the poor. Nay, you do more good to them by spending it in luxury, than by giving it; for by spending it in luxury, you make them exert industry, whereas by giving it, you keep them idle.
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I think cubism has not fully been developed. It is treated like a style, pigeonholed and that's it.
