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Language Quote by Jim Hodges

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“Words can be applied as one might put on a scent, such as perfume. Some scents are so wonderful and others are sickening... titles can be the same.”

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

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

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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…

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

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I'm an average person.

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

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

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

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I think that some works are more accessible than others.

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

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

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

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