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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

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

— Howard Hodgkin

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I look at my pictures, and I think, 'Well, how did I do that?' ↗

— Howard Hodgkin

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

— Howard Hodgkin

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We journalists tell the public which way the cat is jumping. The public will take care of the cat. ↗

— Arthur Hays Sulzberger

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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

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

— Howard Hodgkin

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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

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

— Howard Hodgkin

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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

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