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Howard Hodgkin Quotes

I never think that anything I do is courageous Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Matisse was very clear about saying that you have to blow your own trumpet and explain yourself, which I think has been slightly forgotten Picture Quote #1

Eventually, a collection ceases to be a personal indulgence and assumes its own identity. In fact, it becomes a thing in its own right - rather like Frankenstein’s monster Picture Quote #1

My friends tend to be writers. I think writers and painters are really all the same-we just sit in our rooms Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

I want my pictures to be things. I want them to be made up of marks that are physically and individually self-sufficient Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Matisse was very clear about saying that you have to blow your own trumpet and explain yourself, which I think has been slightly forgotten Picture Quote #1

To be a painter now is to be part of a very small, endangered species Picture Quote #1

Passion lies between one mark and the next, and also within all of them Picture Quote #1

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My pictures really finish themselves Picture Quote #1

I am isolated as an artist, not as a person Picture Quote #1

I think that words are often extraneous to what I do Picture Quote #1

I think words come between the spectator and the picture Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

A painting is finished when the subject comes back, when what has caused the painting to be made comes back as an object Picture Quote #1

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I am happy for people to talk about my pictures, but I wish devoutly that I was not expected to talk about them myself Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

I don’t think you can lightly paint a picture. Its an activity I take very seriously Picture Quote #1

I’m very envious of the few artists who are any good and still do portraits Picture Quote #1

When I finish a painting, it usually looks as surprising to me as to anyone else Picture Quote #1

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I fell through a crack for years. Historically, I am a nothing because I fit in no category. I can only be me Picture Quote #1

My language is what I use, and if I lost that, I wouldnt be able to say anything Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

A lot of people... are afraid of pictures which have visible emotions in them. They feel calmer in front of pictures which are placid Picture Quote #1

It is simply impossible to control a large painting with the edge in the same way that you can control a small one Picture Quote #1

The only way an artist can communicate with the world at large is on the level of feeling Picture Quote #1

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I never think that anything I do is courageous (Howard Hodgkin Quotes) 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 Quotes) 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 Quotes) Matisse was very clear about saying that you have to blow your own trumpet and explain yourself, which I think has been slightly forgotten. (Howard Hodgkin Quotes) Eventually, a collection ceases to be a personal indulgence and assumes its own identity. In fact, it becomes a thing in its own right - rather like Frankenstein’s monster (Howard Hodgkin Quotes) My friends tend to be writers. I think writers and painters are really all the same-we just sit in our rooms (Howard Hodgkin Quotes) 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 Quotes) 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 Quotes) 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 Quotes) Matisse was very clear about saying that you have to blow your own trumpet and explain yourself, which I think has been slightly forgotten (Howard Hodgkin Quotes) To be a painter now is to be part of a very small, endangered species (Howard Hodgkin Quotes) Passion lies between one mark and the next, and also within all of them (Howard Hodgkin Quotes) My pictures really finish themselves (Howard Hodgkin Quotes) I am isolated as an artist, not as a person (Howard Hodgkin Quotes) I think that words are often extraneous to what I do (Howard Hodgkin Quotes) I think words come between the spectator and the picture (Howard Hodgkin Quotes) 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 Quotes) A painting is finished when the subject comes back, when what has caused the painting to be made comes back as an object (Howard Hodgkin Quotes) 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 Quotes) 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 Quotes) 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 Quotes) I don’t think you can lightly paint a picture. Its an activity I take very seriously (Howard Hodgkin Quotes) I’m very envious of the few artists who are any good and still do portraits (Howard Hodgkin Quotes) When I finish a painting, it usually looks as surprising to me as to anyone else (Howard Hodgkin Quotes) I fell through a crack for years. Historically, I am a nothing because I fit in no category. I can only be me (Howard Hodgkin Quotes) My language is what I use, and if I lost that, I wouldnt be able to say anything (Howard Hodgkin Quotes) 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 Quotes) A lot of people... are afraid of pictures which have visible emotions in them. They feel calmer in front of pictures which are placid (Howard Hodgkin Quotes) It is simply impossible to control a large painting with the edge in the same way that you can control a small one (Howard Hodgkin Quotes) The only way an artist can communicate with the world at large is on the level of feeling (Howard Hodgkin Quotes)

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