12 June 2007

The evil weed

Quote of the day from Hockney in The Independent (here):
"I might point out Turner smoked," he declared, adding it was a fairly common habit among great artists. "Monet smoked, and he died at 86. Picasso and Matisse smoked, and lived to a ripe old age. They didn't have dreary people telling them what to do."

Aye, they get you down, those dreary people ...

2 comments:

  1. Anonymous11:01 am

    Those dreary people, drearily slouching around outside pubs, stinking the place up.

    Hockney added: "I might point out that many great men of history were opposed to women getting the vote".

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  2. Anonymous5:37 pm

    Sounds heartfelt, HW, almost like eavesdropping on a personal moment.

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