The only way an artist can communicate with the world at large is on the level of feeling. — Howard Hodgkin
I dont think you can lightly paint a picture. Its an activity I take very seriously. — Howard Hodgkin
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
A collection makes its own demands. Many artists have been collectors. I think of it rather as an illness. — Howard Hodgkin
Collecting has been my great extravagance. It’s a way of being. I collect for the same reason that — Howard Hodgkin
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
I don’t look at the work of my contemporaries very much; I tend to look at pictures by dead artists. — Howard Hodgkin
I don’t really have a historical overview of my work at all. I’m not an art historian. — Howard Hodgkin
I don’t think you can lightly paint a picture. It’s an activity I take very seriously. — Howard Hodgkin
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
I find old copies of national gallery catalogues, which are written in the dryest possible prose, infinitely soothing. — Howard Hodgkin
I once was interviewed and got so exasperated that I said, ‘what do you want, a shopping list?’ — Howard Hodgkin
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
I’m vulnerable to criticism. Any artist is, because you work alone in your studio and, until recently — Howard Hodgkin
In england, it’s thought to be morally suspect to worry about what your surroundings look like. — Howard Hodgkin