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Howard Hodgkin quotes about picture

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
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
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
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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