Eventually, a collection ceases to be a personal indulgence and assumes its own identity. In fact, it becomes a thing in its own right - rather like Frankenstein's monster. — Howard Hodgkin Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
To be a painter now is to be part of a very small, endangered species. — Howard Hodgkin Copy Share Image
The only way an artist can communicate with the world at large is on the level of feeling. — Howard Hodgkin Copy Share Image
I don't think you can lightly paint a picture. It's an activity I take very seriously. — Howard Hodgkin Copy Share Image
I dont think you can lightly paint a picture. Its an activity I take very seriously. — Howard Hodgkin Copy Share Image
In the United States there has been a kind of a structure in the Modern art world. The New York School was nearly a… — Howard Hodgkin Copy Share Image
I'm very envious of the few artists who are any good and still do portraits. — Howard Hodgkin Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
It takes a long time for the gleam in the eye to turn into something solid. — Howard Hodgkin Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I find old copies of National Gallery catalogues, which are written in the dryest possible prose, infinitely soothing. — Howard Hodgkin Copy Share Image
Eventually, a collection ceases to be a personal indulgence and assumes its own identity. In fact, it becomes a thing in its own right… — Howard Hodgkin Copy Share Image
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… — Howard Hodgkin Copy Share Image
