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Howard Hodgkin quotes

British Artist August 6, 1932

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Howard Hodgkin quote: "I am happy for people to talk about my pictures, but I wish..."
I am happy for people to talk about my pictures, but I wish devoutly that I was not expected to talk about them myself. Howard Hodgkin
Howard Hodgkin quote: "My friends tend to be writers. I think writers and painters..."
My friends tend to be writers. I think writers and painters are really all the same-we just sit in our rooms. Howard Hodgkin
The picture surface recedes just as much in the 20th century as it did in the 15th. The techniques of making pictures have hardly changed. Howard Hodgkin
Collecting has been my great extravagance. It's a way of being. I collect for the same reason that I eat too much-I'm one of nature's shoppers. Howard Hodgkin
In the United States there has been a kind of a structure in the Modern art world. The New York School was nearly a coherent thing-for a minute. Howard Hodgkin
I'm vulnerable to criticism. Any artist is, because you work alone in your studio and, until recently, critics were the only way you'd get any feedback. Howard Hodgkin
Howard Hodgkin quote: "I don't think you can lightly paint a picture. It's an..."
I don't think you can lightly paint a picture. It's an activity I take very seriously. Howard Hodgkin
I don't look at the work of my contemporaries very much; I tend to look at pictures by dead artists. It's much easier to get near their paintings. Howard Hodgkin
I don't really have a historical overview of my work at all. I'm not an art historian. I don't see that there's this period and that period. Howard Hodgkin
Howard Hodgkin quote: "I'm very envious of the few artists who are any good and still..."
I'm very envious of the few artists who are any good and still do portraits. Howard Hodgkin
Howard Hodgkin quote: "I look at my pictures, and I think, 'Well, how did I do that?'"
I look at my pictures, and I think, 'Well, how did I do that?' Howard Hodgkin
Howard Hodgkin quote: "I think words come between the spectator and the picture."
I think words come between the spectator and the picture. Howard Hodgkin
You keep on balancing and balancing and balancing until the picture wins, because then the subject's turned into the picture. Howard Hodgkin
I once was interviewed and got so exasperated that I said, 'What do you want, a shopping list?' They kept asking, 'What's in this picture?' Howard Hodgkin
Howard Hodgkin quote: "I want my pictures to be things. I want them to be made up of..."
I want my pictures to be things. I want them to be made up of marks that are physically and individually self-sufficient. Howard Hodgkin

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