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Year after year, he’s been learning. He’s critical of artists who have no craft, who delegate the making. A poster for the show reads, “All the works here were made by the artist himself, personally.” A dig at Damien Hirst? He nods. “It’s a little insulting to craftsmen, skilful craftsmen... I used to point out at art school, you can teach the craft, it’s the poetry you can’t teach. But now they try to teach the poetry and not the craft.”
- David Hockney, interview with Andrew Marr
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