"Once my hand has drawn something my eye has observed, I know it by heart, and I can draw it again without a model."

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I usually only draw myself in down periods... I suppose that's why I often draw myself looking grim. I just think, 'Let's have a look in the mirror.' When you are alone and you look in a mirror you never put on a pleasing smile. Well, you don't, do you?

— David Hockney