I've no doubt that those photographs i took will make people look at e…

David Hockney
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I've no doubt that those photographs i took will make people look at everything in a more interesting way - the little tear on one piece of paper, the shadow on another. But good painting has always done that - made you see things. And the most ordinary can be the most extraordinary. ✨ David Hockney, Paul Joyce (1988). Hockney on photography: conversations with Paul Joyce, Harmony
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