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Howard Hodgkin

Howard Hodgkin

British Artist

Born: Aug 6, 1932

Been Painting Picture Think Work You

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My friends tend to be writers. I think writers and painters are really all the same-we just sit in our rooms. Howard Hodgkin

Sit Think Our Tend Writers Friends Just Rooms Really Painters

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

Words Picture Think Between Come Spectator

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

Me Painting Else Finish Looks Surprising Anyone Anyone Else

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

Words Think Often

I hate painting. Howard Hodgkin

Hate Painting

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

You Seriously Picture Think Take Lightly Very Paint Activity

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

Work Alone You Feedback Criticism Way Critics Only Studio Until Because Vulnerable Were Get Any Artist Your Recently

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

Isolated Am Person Artist

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

Art World School States Has-Been Kind Minute Structure New Been Art World York Modern Modern Art New York United United States Nearly Coherent

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

Language Lost Say Able Anything Use

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

You Shopping Picture Once Said Got List Want Asking Kept

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