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Artist David Hockney said the drive to create pictures 'is deep within us'

NPR | By Susan Stamberg
Published June 12, 2026 at 6:05 PM MDT

Legendary painter David Hockney died on Thursday at the age of 88. The late NPR correspondent Susan Stamberg spoke with the artist in 2016 about his lifelong obsession with looking.

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