David Hockney
Painter, draughtsman, printmaker and photographer
That I give way too quickly.
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The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
The Guardian's The Q&A has retained this Proust-derived prompt from at least 2007 through 2026, and ABC independently put it to the Obamas in 2011.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
My trust in other people. I am rigorously honest.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 July 2024 source ↗
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Jerry Lewis
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No sense of humor.
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My fear of confrontation.
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Catastrophising.
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View profile →Great. It feels wonderful – like a firework going off in your stomach.
My children obviously, but also my work.
I am often happiest on a shoot with David LaChapelle, being pushed to the extremes – either suspended from a harness or immersed in a tank of water. He calls it “extreme modelling”.
Gossip and backstabbing.
I wanted to be in the army or a spy in the intelligence service.
Poetry. I start getting into a float state, and write stanzas and couplets in the middle of the night.
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