Howard Hodgkin Quotes & Sayings
26 most famous Howard Hodgkin quotes and sayings (artist). These are the first 10 quotes we have.
“You keep on balancing and balancing and balancing until the picture wins, because then the subject's turned into the picture.”
“When I finish a painting, it usually looks as surprising to me as to anyone else.”
“A collection makes its own demands. Many artists have been collectors. I think of it rather as an illness. I felt it was using up too much energy.”
“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.”
“I am happy for people to talk about my pictures, but I wish devoutly that I was not expected to talk about them myself.”
“I don't think you can lightly paint a picture. It's an activity I take very seriously.”
“I look at my pictures, and I think, 'Well, how did I do that?'”
“I think words come between the spectator and the picture.”
“I want my pictures to be things. I want them to be made up of marks that are physically and individually self-sufficient.”
“I'm very envious of the few artists who are any good and still do portraits.”
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