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> [David Hockney is best known for his work with paint and canvas, but he has also worked in media as diverse as Polaroid-photo collage and fax painting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-sheff/david-hockney-is-best-known-for-his-work-with-paint-and-canvas-but-he/)

[David Sheff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-sheff/)

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## More by David Sheff

> [I was ashamed. My son is a drug addict. What does this mean about me?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-sheff/i-was-ashamed-my-son-is-a-drug-addict-what-does-this-mean-about-me/)

[David Sheff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-sheff/)

> [Elvis Presley's music said, 'Free your body.' The Beatles said, 'Free your mind.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-sheff/elvis-presley-s-music-said-free-your-body-the-beatles-said-free-your/)

[David Sheff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-sheff/)

> [Well, addiction does start with a choice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-sheff/well-addiction-does-start-with-a-choice/)

[David Sheff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-sheff/)

> [Some parents want to be popular, but that's not their job.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-sheff/some-parents-want-to-be-popular-but-that-s-not-their-job/)

[David Sheff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-sheff/)

> [The war on drugs is a joke. We spend $40 billion a year, and the proof that it's a failure is that any kid…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-sheff/the-war-on-drugs-is-a-joke-we-spend-40-billion-a-year-and-the-proof/)

[David Sheff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-sheff/)

> [When I was a child, my parents didn't know anything about drugs. They didn't even drink.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-sheff/when-i-was-a-child-my-parents-didn-t-know-anything-about-drugs-they/)

[David Sheff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-sheff/)

> [Nick's mother and I were attentive, probably overly attentive - part of the first wave of parents obsessed with our children in a self-conscious…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-sheff/nick-s-mother-and-i-were-attentive-probably-overly-attentive-part-of/)

[David Sheff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-sheff/)

> [Having been hit by drug addiction, knowing how many are hit by it and what a big problem it is in our neighborhoods and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-sheff/having-been-hit-by-drug-addiction-knowing-how-many-are-hit-by-it-and/)

[David Sheff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-sheff/)

> [Here's a note to the parents of addicted children: Choose your music carefully...There are millions of treacherous moments.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-sheff/here-s-a-note-to-the-parents-of-addicted-children-choose-your-music/)

[David Sheff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-sheff/)

> [This stigma associated with drug use--the belief that bad kids use, good kids don't, and those with full-blown addiction are weak, dissolute, and pathetic--has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-sheff/this-stigma-associated-with-drug-use-the-belief-that-bad-kids-use/)

[David Sheff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-sheff/)

> [It's hard to find someone who did as many drugs for as long and in such dangerous combinations as Nic - spending years going…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-sheff/it-s-hard-to-find-someone-who-did-as-many-drugs-for-as-long-and-in/)

[David Sheff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-sheff/)

> [I chose a rehab center for Nic that was recommended by a friend who had sent her son there. The program lasted 28 days,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-sheff/i-chose-a-rehab-center-for-nic-that-was-recommended-by-a-friend-who/)

[David Sheff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-sheff/)

> [“In his suicide note, Kurt Cobain wrote, "It's better to burn out than to fade away." He was quoting a Neil Young song about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-sheff/in-his-suicide-note-kurt-cobain-wrote-it-s-better-to-burn-out-than-to/)

[David Sheff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-sheff/)

> [Anyone who has lived through it, or those who are now living through it, knows that caring about an addict is as complex and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-sheff/anyone-who-has-lived-through-it-or-those-who-are-now-living-through/)

[David Sheff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-sheff/)

> [If a child had another disease, we'd be open about what we were going through, but addiction is stigmatised and comes with shame and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-sheff/if-a-child-had-another-disease-we-d-be-open-about-what-we-were-going/)

[David Sheff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-sheff/)

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