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> [I don't think you can lightly paint a picture. It's an activity I take very seriously.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-hodgkin/i-don-t-think-you-can-lightly-paint-a-picture-it-s-an-activity-i-take/)

[Howard Hodgkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-hodgkin/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a30/howard-hodgkin-17509_activity_i-don-t-think-you-can-lightly-paint-a-pi_321371.jpg)

> [I dont think you can lightly paint a picture. Its an activity I take very seriously.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-hodgkin/i-dont-think-you-can-lightly-paint-a-picture-its-an-activity-i-take/)

[Howard Hodgkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-hodgkin/)

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## More by Howard Hodgkin

> [My pictures really finish themselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-hodgkin/my-pictures-really-finish-themselves/)

[Howard Hodgkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-hodgkin/)

> [To be a painter now is to be part of a very small, endangered species.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-hodgkin/to-be-a-painter-now-is-to-be-part-of-a-very-small-endangered-species/)

[Howard Hodgkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-hodgkin/)

> [The only way an artist can communicate with the world at large is on the level of feeling.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-hodgkin/the-only-way-an-artist-can-communicate-with-the-world-at-large-is-on/)

[Howard Hodgkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-hodgkin/)

> [I don't think you can lightly paint a picture. It's an activity I take very seriously.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-hodgkin/i-don-t-think-you-can-lightly-paint-a-picture-it-s-an-activity-i-take/)

[Howard Hodgkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-hodgkin/)

> [I never think that anything I do is courageous.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-hodgkin/i-never-think-that-anything-i-do-is-courageous/)

[Howard Hodgkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-hodgkin/)

> [I dont think you can lightly paint a picture. Its an activity I take very seriously.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-hodgkin/i-dont-think-you-can-lightly-paint-a-picture-its-an-activity-i-take/)

[Howard Hodgkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-hodgkin/)

> [In the United States there has been a kind of a structure in the Modern art world. The New York School was nearly a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-hodgkin/in-the-united-states-there-has-been-a-kind-of-a-structure-in-the/)

[Howard Hodgkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-hodgkin/)

> [I'm very envious of the few artists who are any good and still do portraits.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-hodgkin/i-m-very-envious-of-the-few-artists-who-are-any-good-and-still-do/)

[Howard Hodgkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-hodgkin/)

> [I am isolated as an artist, not as a person.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-hodgkin/i-am-isolated-as-an-artist-not-as-a-person/)

[Howard Hodgkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-hodgkin/)

> [Matisse was very clear about saying that you have to blow your own trumpet and explain yourself, which I think has been slightly forgotten.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-hodgkin/matisse-was-very-clear-about-saying-that-you-have-to-blow-your-own/)

[Howard Hodgkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-hodgkin/)

> [It takes a long time for the gleam in the eye to turn into something solid.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-hodgkin/it-takes-a-long-time-for-the-gleam-in-the-eye-to-turn-into-something/)

[Howard Hodgkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-hodgkin/)

> [I fell through a crack for years. Historically, I am a nothing because I fit in no category. I can only be me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-hodgkin/i-fell-through-a-crack-for-years-historically-i-am-a-nothing-because/)

[Howard Hodgkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-hodgkin/)

> [I find old copies of National Gallery catalogues, which are written in the dryest possible prose, infinitely soothing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-hodgkin/i-find-old-copies-of-national-gallery-catalogues-which-are-written-in/)

[Howard Hodgkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-hodgkin/)

> [Eventually, a collection ceases to be a personal indulgence and assumes its own identity. In fact, it becomes a thing in its own right…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-hodgkin/eventually-a-collection-ceases-to-be-a-personal-indulgence-and/)

[Howard Hodgkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-hodgkin/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-hodgkin/i-m-vulnerable-to-criticism-any-artist-is-because-you-work-alone-in/)

[Howard Hodgkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-hodgkin/)

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