Better things Quote by David Hockney

“You always need a bit of low-tech.You always need a pair of scissors, it seems to me. You can do better things… The high-tech, somehow, you do have to combine it with low-tech things.” quote by David Hockney — Download Open image

“You always need a bit of low-tech.You always need a pair of scissors, it seems to me. You can do better things… The high-tech, somehow, you do have to combine it with low-tech things.”

David Hockney

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