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 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
