August 4, 2020

"I'm not very social, I don't go out that much. Frankly my life consists of reading and painting and a few nights of nice sex."

"When you realise you've got something really good to do, at my age, you get very, very excited... It made me feel a lot younger, fitter. I realised: that's a stimulant. You're living. Life is exciting, interesting, thrilling."

Said the artist David Hockney, who is 83, quoted in The Daily Mail.
He said that he no longer cared for living in London and the artistic politics that went with it. He described living in Bridlington, East Yorkshire... He has recently been living in Lisieux in the Calvados region of France. 

13 comments:

Darrell said...

I bet he never gets tired of the hackney/hackneyed jokes.

Darrell said...

Last year, Suzanne Somers, 73, revealed that she has sex with her 83-year-old husband, Alan Hamel, twice per day. She also said she sleeps through one of their sessions. That might make him feel bad if he could remember her saying that.

mezzrow said...

Last year, Suzanne Somers, 73, revealed that she has sex with her 83-year-old husband, Alan Hamel, twice per day. She also said she sleeps through one of their sessions. That might make him feel bad if he could remember her saying that.

Reading this made me think of John Ritter, how funny he was, how stupid that TV show was, and how I miss having him around to make us laugh. The mind does strange things in association, doesn't it?

rehajm said...

I would be remiss in my duty, if I did not tell you, that the idea of...intercourse - the fact of your...(flabby...old)...body...commingling with the...withered flesh...sagging breasts...and flabby b-b-buttocks...makes me want...to vomit.

Dave Begley said...

Sex at 83. Alright!

Josephbleau said...

As Gunnery Sgt. Hartman would say “ You disgusting fat body! You run my obstacle course like old people fuck!”

tim in vermont said...

I have the same heart flaw that killed John Ritter, and Alan Thicke BTW, here’s hoping I don’t go the same way! ARM would miss my comments. Though it is excruciatingly painful, it’s quick. "First symptom is sudden death" is my joke.

Dave Begley said...

Hockney is gay.

Temujin said...

Sex at 83 may make some of you uncomfortable. So let's take it down the line. How are you with sex at, say...73? Can you conceive of that? Or how about (gulp) sex at 66? I can tell you- it still goes on in my house. Though I wish my wife would include me once in awhile. Hahahaha....we're here all week.

Sex at 55? Or at 43?
I'm sure you can get your heads around sex at 35.
Or do some of you think it's only OK when you're 24? Because some day, if you're lucky, you'll find yourself at 70 and still feelin it. I think Hockney is doing great. Moving out of London. Calling enough to the bullshit. Painting, reading, having a few nights of sex at 83? Seems like a worthy goal to me. It's called life.

madAsHell said...

Sex at 83 may make some of you uncomfortable.

Uncomfortable?.......then you're doing it wrong.

I understand that STD's run rampant in the rest home. It gives me hope!!

Narr said...

Will you still 69 at 69?

I'm going to give it the old college try. (Two years for me, 3 for dearest.)

Yes Hockney is gay.

Narr
NTTAWWT

Earnest Prole said...

I was astounded by Hockney’s 2013 San Francisco show -- at that time the man was 76 years old and arguably producing his strongest work.

mikee said...

I distinctly recall seeing Rita Moreno's picture on the news, with reports that she had just turned 50, and at that moment realizing sexual attractiveness can continue beyond the first few decades of life. For some, much more heatedly than for others, I admit. What legs!