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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.

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.

To be a painter now is to be part of a very small, endangered species.

Howard Hodgkin quotes: I never think that anything I do is courageous.

I never think that anything I do is courageous.

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.

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 find old copies of National Gallery catalogues, which are written in the dryest possible prose, infinitely soothing.

I find old copies of National Gallery catalogues, which are written in the dryest possible prose, infinitely soothing.

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.

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: 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 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: 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.

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: The only way an artist can communicate with the world at large is on the level of feeling.

The only way an artist can communicate with the world at large is on the level of feeling.

Howard Hodgkin quotes: I think that words are often extraneous to what I do.

I think that words are often extraneous to what I do.

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.

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: 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?'

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 quotes: You keep on balancing and balancing and balancing until the picture wins, because then the subject's turned into the picture.

You keep on balancing and balancing and balancing until the picture wins, because then the subject's turned into the picture.

Howard Hodgkin quotes: 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.

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.

Howard Hodgkin quotes: I'm very envious of the few artists who are any good and still do portraits.

I'm very envious of the few artists who are any good and still do portraits.

Howard Hodgkin quotes: In England, it's thought to be morally suspect to worry about what your surroundings look like.

In England, it's thought to be morally suspect to worry about what your surroundings look like.

Howard Hodgkin quotes: I hate painting.

I hate painting.

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.

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: When I finish a painting, it usually looks as surprising to me as to anyone else.

When I finish a painting, it usually looks as surprising to me as to anyone else.

Howard Hodgkin quotes: It takes a long time for the gleam in the eye to turn into something solid.

It takes a long time for the gleam in the eye to turn into something solid.

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.

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

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: I don't think you can lightly paint a picture. It's an activity I take very seriously.

I don't think you can lightly paint a picture. It's an activity I take very seriously.

Howard Hodgkin quotes: 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 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.

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 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.

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: My pictures really finish themselves.

My pictures really finish themselves.

Howard Hodgkin quotes: Passion lies between one mark and the next, and also within all of them.

Passion lies between one mark and the next, and also within all of them.

Howard Hodgkin quotes: I think words come between the spectator and the picture.

I think words come between the spectator and the picture.

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.

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: My language is what I use, and if I lost that, I wouldn't be able to say anything.

My language is what I use, and if I lost that, I wouldn't be able to say anything.

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.

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: I am isolated as an artist, not as a person.

I am isolated as an artist, not as a person.