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Pictures Quotes by Howard Hodgkin
- I want my pictures to be things. I want them to be made up of marks that are physically and individually self-sufficient.
- The picture surface recedes just as much in the 20th century as it did in the 15th. The techniques of making pictures have hardly changed.
- 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…
- I am happy for people to talk about my pictures, but I wish devoutly that I was not expected to talk about them myself.
- I look at my pictures, and I think, 'Well, how did I do that?
- A lot of people... are afraid of pictures which have visible emotions in them. They feel calmer in front of pictures which are placid.
- My pictures really finish themselves.
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