Reality Quotes by Jim Hodges

There is a broad range of reaction to the work, as there is a broad range of work I make.

— Jim Hodges

I wasn't interested in holding onto the evidence of things.

— Jim Hodges

It's as if I were collaborating with myself, revealing my relationship to the material. My hand would make the drawing. Then my mouth would…

— Jim Hodges

For a while, I thought a lot about lineage. Where do I belong? Who am I standing next to?

— Jim Hodges

I'm an average person.

— Jim Hodges

When I make art, I think about its ability to connect with others, to bring them into the process.

— Jim Hodges

My big concern is keeping people off the highways today, so that we have no further accidents

— Jim Hodges

I work from a personal place, and the work has personal meaning for me.

— Jim Hodges

I think that some works are more accessible than others.

— Jim Hodges

As a viewer, my own work elicits strong emotional reaction from me.

— Jim Hodges

Color is for me the purest form of expression, the purest abstract reality.

— Jim Hodges

However, some of my work is very subtle, and one should expect very subtle reactions to it.

— Jim Hodges